Nagykanizsa is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary.
It lies not far from Lake Balaton at the meeting point of five routes. For centuries the town has been a connecting link. Goods from Slavonia were transported to Graz via Nagykanizsa, and the town played an important role in the trade from the Adriatic Sea to the Alpine region, Vienna, and Budapest.
Recurring events
The National Carnival Donut Festival is held in late February – early March.
Sights
Historic buildings
- Axenti House (Deák tér 5.)
- Bazaar yard (Fő út 8.)
- Upper Church (Deák Square)
- Chapel of Förhénc
- Grünhut House (Deák tér 2.)
- Inkey Chapel (74th Main Road)
- Lackenbacher House (Deák tér 4.)
- Granary (on the 15th yard of Erzsébet Square)
- Iron House (Erzsébet tér 1.)
- City Theater and Cinema (Károlyi Garden)
- Synagogue (Fő út 6.)
Buildings of local significance
- Church and monastery of Alsóváros (St. Joseph)
- Arany Szarvas Szálló (Erzsébet tér 18–19.)
- Bachrach House (Csengery út 8.)
- Babochay House (Sugár út 2.)
- Bavarian House (Deák tér 13.)
- Bank Palace (Fő út 16.)
- Insurance Palace (Csengery út 2.)
- Bogenrieder Palace (Fő út 13.)
- Central Hotel (Erzsébet tér 23.)
- Ebenspanger House (Erzsébet tér 21.)
- Higher Trade School (Csengery út 10.)
- Hild House (Deák Ferenc tér 3.)
- Honvéd Barracks (Sugár út 9.)
- Hungária Hotel (Sugár út 14.)
- House of Prayer and Priest (Batthyány u. 16.)
- Kaiser House (Erzsébet tér 16.)
- Casino headquarters (Ady u.7.)
- Coffee factory (Csengery út 88.)
- School of Commerce (Zrínyi Miklós u. 33.)
- Kisdedóvoda (Szent Imre u. 14.)
- Small castle (on the 15th yard of Erzsébet square)
- “Common” barracks (Sugár út 11.)
- Car color (Belus yard, Fő út 10.)
- Hospital Chapel (Kossuth Square)
- Kőnig House (Deák tér 7.)
- Lőwi House (Erzsébet tér 10.)
- MAORT House (Ady Endre u. 12.)
- National School (corner of Miklós Zrínyi and Endre Ady streets)
- OTI headquarters (31 Ady Endre street)
- Piarist Chapel (at the corner of Sugár út- Királyi Pál u.)
- Headquarters of the Civic Association (Sugár út 3.)
- Post Office (Király u. 37.)
- Post Palace (Ady Endre u. 10.)
- Rapoch House (Csengery út 7.)
- Schulhof House (15. Király u.)
- Radár út 16 / a, b, c
- Serbian House (Erzsébet tér 20.)
- Szomolányi corner (corner of Deák square – Csengery road)
- Rosenfeld House (Fő út 4.)
- Pollák House (Deák tér 10.)
- Transformer House (41 Ady Endre Street, Szemere Street)
- Tandor House (Király u. 29.)
- Iron frame (Vár u. 9.)
- City Hall (Erzsébet tér 7.)
- City Hall apartment building (Ady Endre u. 1.)
- Electricity plant (Csengery u. 49.)
- Vidor House (Csengery út 5.)
- Weiser House (Fő út 9.)
- Zerkowitz houses (Ady Endre u. 33-35.)
Monuments, statues
- 2. Doni Army Monument (Széchenyi Square)
- 17th Eastern Longitude Monument (Huszti Square)
- Monument to the 20th Infantry Regiment ( Erzsébet Square )
- Monument to the 48th Infantry Regiment (Deák Square)
- Arad Memorial Park (Arad Martyrs’ Square)
- Statue of Ferenc Deák (Deák Square)
- Bust of Mihály Csokonai Vitéz in the arcaded part of the Iron Man’s House, at the supposed shop of Mrs. Karnyón. Creator: Gergely Orosz, set up in 2007.
- Statue of Ferenc Deák (Eötvös Square)
- Statue of Lajos Kossuth (Kossuth Square)
- Holy Trinity Statue (Erzsébet Square)
- Statue of István Széchenyi
- Soviet Republic Statue ( Eötvös Square )
- Statue of George Thury (Thury Square)
- Bust of György Thury (Vár u.)
- Greater Hungary Monument (Eötvös Square)
- Turkish Fountain (Museum Square, in the courtyard of the György Thúry Museum)
- Turulmadár (Deák tér)
- Castle Gate Monument (Vár u.)
- Nicholas Zrinski bust at the entrance to the Zrinski Elementary School. Created by János Rétfalvi, set up in 1990.
Museums
- György Thury Museum (Fő út 5., Erzsébet tér 1. and Erzsébet tér 11.)
- Hungarian Poster House (on the 15th yard of Erzsébet tér)
- House of Fine Arts Small Castle
