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Chester City Council
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Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch
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Valletta Local Council
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Arabarri
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Municipality of Lucca
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Municipality of Piran
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Municipality of Lörrach
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Municipality of Pécs
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Municipality of Verona
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University of West England
Municipality of Pécs
Pécs - the southern town of the Hungarian Mediterraneum, with a population of 165000 - has nearly a 2000 year-old history. The history of the Roman Pécs dates back to the 2nd century A. D. The town is a wonderful mixture of the past and the present. The Early Christian cemetery dating from Roman period, the medieval town walls, the relics of Turkish architecture - the mosques, the minaret and the bath - built during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary, the four-towered Cathedral, attract a great number of visitors from all over the world.
The World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO included the Early Christian cemetery of our town, the former Roman city of Sopianae, to the World Heritage List in Australia in 2000. The economy of the town can be characterised with lively trade, developed tertiary sector and processing industry, developing engineering and electronic industry.
More information www.pecs.hu
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