City Hall

A stroll around the main square is worth a stop in front of the town hall, one of the finest examples of secular Baroque architecture. The building is surrounded by a quiet courtyard, a special place for city celebrations. 

Originally it was only the part facing the main square, but it was already a town hall in the 17th century. Looking up, you can see a beautiful baroque wrought-iron balcony above the basket-arched, keystone gate, where decrees and important information were once announced to the citizens of Vác waiting in the main square. 

Az erkély feletti homlokzaton díszes keretben a város címere, a legfelső, félköríves homlokzaton pedig Justiciának, az igazság római istennőjének szobra látható, tőle jobbra és balra fekvő nőalak magyar, illetve Migazzi-címert tart. Justicia sem véletlenül került az épületre. Az építéskor a közigazgatás és az igazságszolgáltatás egyaránt a város vezetésének feladatai közé tartozott. A város első embere volt a városbíró, a helyettesét nevezték polgármesternek. A részrehajlás nélküli igazságszolgáltatás fontosságát hangsúlyozták a szobor elhelyezésével.

City Hall on an old postcard
City Hall

The original arched passageways have been preserved in the interior, where the various departments of the office are housed in these patinated rooms. 

From Eszterházy Street, the building is continued by an Art Nouveau side wing, which was added around 1910, based on the plans of the city architect Kálmán Váczy Hübschl. Today this part of the building houses the banqueting hall of the town hall. 

Finally, in the 1980s, in 1986, State Prize-winning architect György Szrogh completed the wing facing Tabán Street and the Mercy Hospital, thus becoming an enclosed courtyard. 

2600 Vác, Március 15. tér 11.

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