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is Szentendre's best-kept secret. Particularly engaging are the drawings Ámos did
between periods of forced labor on the Russian front, where he eventually died of
typhus. On a lighter note are Anna's wonderful puppets. Ámos's art seems influenced
by Chagall, whereas Anna's work invokes Miró and Klee.
Outside the museum, in the courtyard, is Anna's gravesite, around which visitors
have left wishing stones from the garden as tokens of respect.
Bogdányi u. 10. & 26/310-790. Admission 500 Ft ($2.25/£1.30). Summer daily 10am-6pm; winter daily 1-5pm.
Barcsay Museum The conservative Socialist dictates of the day restricted the work
of artist Jen ó Barcsay (1900-88). Nevertheless, in his anatomical drawings, etchings,
and charcoal and ink drawings, Barcsay's genius shines through. We particularly like
his pastel drawings of Szentendre street scenes.
Dumtsa Jenó u. 10. & 26/310-244. Admission 500 Ft ($2.25/£1.30). Tues-Sun 10am-6pm.
Blagovestenska Church The Blagovestenska church is the only one of the town's
several Serbian Orthodox churches that you can be fairly sure to find open. The tiny
church, dating from 1752, was built on the site of a wooden church from the Serbian
migration of 1690. A rococo iconostasis features paintings by Mihailo Zivkovic;
notice that the eyes of all the icons are upon you.
Fó tér 4. Admission 200 Ft (90¢/50p). Tues-Sun 10am-5pm.
Ferenczy Museum Next door to the Blagovestenska in Main Square (F ó tér),
the Ferenczy Museum is dedicated to the art of the extraordinary Ferenczy family. The
featured artist is Károly Ferenczy, one of Hungary's leading Impressionists—you can
see more of his work in Budapest's National Museum. Works by Ferenczy's lesser-
known children—Noémi (tapestry maker), Valér (painter), and Beni (sculptor and
medallion maker)—are also on display.
Fó tér 6. & 26/310-244. Admission 500 Ft ($2.25/£1.30). Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.
Margit Kovács Museum This expansive museum features the work of
Hungary's best-known ceramic artist, Margit Kovács, who died in 1977. This museum
displays the breadth of Kovács's talents. We were especially moved by her sculptures of
elderly women and by her folk art-influenced friezes of village life. When the museum
is full, people are required to wait outside before entering.
Vastagh György u. 1. & 26/310-244. Admission 600 Ft ($2.70/£1.55). Apr-Oct Tues-Sun 10am-6pm; Nov-Mar
Tues-Sun 10am-4pm. Walk east from Fó tér on Görög utca.
Serbian Orthodox Museum The Serbian Orthodox Museum is housed next door
to a Serbian Orthodox church (services are at 10am Sun) in one of the buildings of the
former episcopate, just north of F ó tér. The collection here—one of the most extensive
of its kind in predominantly Catholic Hungary—features exceptional 16th- through
19th-century icons, liturgical vessels, scrolls in Arabic from the Ottoman period, and
other types of ecclesiastical art. Informative labels are in Hungarian and English.
Pátriárka u. 5. & 26/312-399. Admission 400 Ft ($1.80/£1). Apr-Oct Tues-Sun 10am-5pm; Nov-Mar Fri-Sun
10am-4pm. Walk north from Fó tér on Alkotmány utca.
WHERE TO DINE
Aranysárkány Vendégló (Golden Dragon Inn) HUNGARIAN Located just
east of F ó tér on Hunyadi utca, which leads into Alkotmány utca, the Golden Dragon
is always filled to capacity. The crowd includes a good percentage of Hungarians, def-
initely a good sign in a heavily visited town like Szentendre.