Name: Kecskemét City Center
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1. Kecskemét City Center – Evangelical Church loop from Varga tanya

57.8km

03:18

90m

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2. Kecskemét City Center – Evangelical Church loop from Kecskemét-Máriaváros

19.6km

01:08

30m

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3. Kecskemét City Center loop from Székelytelep

9.87km

00:37

20m

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July 31, 2019

Kecskemét ( kecskemet.hu ) is the eighth-largest city in Hungary, halfway (86 km) between Budapest and the third-largest city, Szeged, almost equal distance from the two big rivers, Danube and the Tisa. It is the northern center of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain (Del-Alföld) region; the southern center is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county. The name stems from the Hungarian word kecske, meaning "goat". In the 19th century, Kecskemét was already part of an important wine district, which increased after the vine-pest destroyed most vineyards in hilly regions. Damage was less significant in the plains' areas of loose, sandy soil. In the 1870s large plantations of grapevines became the basis of the 20th-century vineyards and wine industry in Kecskemét. Cottage-type settlements grew at the vineyards to house workers, a pattern still characteristic. The city is still known for its barackpálinka, an apricot brandy.

Wealthy peasants began to adopt bourgeois customs and goods, stimulating trade in the town and new buildings, especially those surrounding Kecskemét's main square. This Art Nouveau complex is architecturally significant: the Town Hall, the New College, the Ornamented Palace, the Luther-Palace, the House of Trade (today the House of Young), and the Gentlemen's Casino, now used as the Hungarian Museum of Photography.

In 1950 Kecskemét became seat of the country's largest county, Bács-Kiskun, helping its growth. The architect József Kerényi (1900–1975) adapted and renovated several historic buildings for other uses, helping keep the varied historical character of the city alive. For instance, in the early 1970s, he renovated the early-eighteenth-century Franciscan monastery for use as the Zoltán Kodály Conservatory; it opened for classes in 1975.

The Hungarian Association of Photographers

in 1990 helped raise funds to restore an 18th-century building in Kecskemét last used as an Orthodox synagogue, adapted for the Hungarian Museum of Photography (Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum), which opened in 1991. The museum holds work by Hungarian and other photographers of international and national reputation.

Unemployment is extremely low at 3%: In 2012, German automobile manufacturer Daimler AG opened a plant near Kecskemét to manufacture the new B-Class, A-Class and CLA-Class models. The €800 million (US$1.24 billion) new plant created 5,000 jobs in the region, to produce more than 100,000 vehicles annually.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kecskem%C3%A9t

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Kecskemét City Center

1. Kecskemét City Center – Evangelical Church loop from Varga tanya

2. Kecskemét City Center – Evangelical Church loop from Kecskemét-Máriaváros

3. Kecskemét City Center loop from Székelytelep

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