Verőce is a village and commune in
Pest County in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. From 1976 to 1990 the village of Verőce was merged with the village of
Kismaros
Kismaros (german: Kleinmarosch) is a village in Pest county, Hungary.
Location
Kismaros is located 45 kilometres north of Budapest on the eastern bank of the Danube river, just above the bend where the river changes course and flows south. The v ...
, to create a new merged settlement called
Verőcemaros. This settlement was disestablished in 1990, when the two villages were again separated and Verőce again became a separate settlement.
Sights
* The riverside system of retaining walls, first started based on the plans of famous Hungarian architect
Miklós Ybl
Miklós Ybl (6 April 1814 in Székesfehérvár – 22 January 1891 in Budapest) was one of Europe's leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century as well as Hungary's most influential architect during his career. His most well-known wo ...
.
Populated places in Pest County
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