Opusztaszer accommodation, Events, Sights

The Hungarian tribes that came to the Carpathian Basin 1100 years ago gathered in the village of Szer to hold the first national assembly and adopt the first laws. The statue of their leader Arpad has been standing in the National History Memorial Park (68 Szoborkert) for a hundred years.
The greatest attraction here, visited by hundreds of thousands, is the Feszty Panorama, one of the largest paintings in the world, portraying the entry of Hungarians into the lands that are now called Hungary. The painter Arpad Feszty and his friends created this work of art in 1894 and it has become an enormous success. The panorama, depicting approximately 2.000 people on 1760 square meters, gives a special experience of space. After a very successful restoration, the panorama can be viewed in building specially made for it. At the exhibition �Promenade 1896� life-size puppets in contemporary dress evoke the atmosphere of small and large towns of 1000 years ago. In the garden of ruins one of the oldest churches in the country, the Benedictine monastery of Szer presents its history, beginning with the 11th century. Archaeologists put together the 2000 separate pieces of the bronze St. Gellert bell that weighs 500 kilograms. You can spend hours among the interesting exhibits of the Open�air Ethnographic Collection.
You can find here: a farm shed for paprika production, a village school, a reading club, workshop of blacksmiths and craw rights, a wagon show, a fisherman�s house, the ranch of a paprika grower of Mako, a village government building, a post office museum, a grocery, a baker�s shop, a windmill and fire fighter�s shed, all faithfully reproducing the lifestyle of the Great Hungarian Plain in the 19th century.
The agricultural machine show demonstrates the full range of field machinery.