Szombathely on New Year's Eve Photo Gallery by Helen Betts at pbase.com

Szombathely on New Year's Eve

NOTE: LATER PICTURES AT THE BEGINNING

I wanted to title this "Szombathely, Hungary's Roman City," but on this very short visit of about a half hour, I unfortunately didn't see any of the many Roman ruins in town. A reason to go back!

Szombathely is in western Hungary, not far from the Austrian border. It used to be known as Savaria and was founded in A.D. 43 by Roman Emperor Claudius to capitalize on the Amber Road running from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. It looks to be a nice city with interesting buildings and attractions in addition to a lot of history to see.

It is also Zoltán's hometown! ;-)

New Year's Eve on Fő tér	Festive shopping area on Fő tér	Lit-up Holy Trinity column on Fő tér	Szombathely Cathedral (1797)
Secessionist gem at twilight on Fő tér	Twilight on Fő tér	Moon over county offices	Bishop's Palace

John Potter		06-Jan-2012 22:37
SoGreat to find this gallery, I hope all is well with you… I guess you are no longer in Washington I'm hoping to get here sometime in April if not, then perhaps during the summer wonderful work Helen! Happy new year!

Zoltán Balogh		03-Jan-2012 09:17
Thank you very much for sharing your nice, short Szombathely-gallery Helen! I do hope you'll return and see more of the city - and we can meet as well. Paolo is right: I feel lucky to live here!:) V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		01-Jan-2012 18:34
Lucky Zoltan....YAY! Great series....BV Paolo :)

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