Heves county lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and
Eger is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary. A city with county rights, Eger is best known for its medieval castle, thermal baths, baroque buildings, the n
Heves County
…river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. Eger is the county seat. Lake Tisza…
Top left: Eger Minorite church. Top right: View of Eger from the castle. Bottom left: Egri Bazilika. Bottom right: Minaret Eger
Eger in Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum (1617)
Eger in the 16th century
The ruins of the Romanesque basilica in the Eger Castle