Kaposvar

Place description

The River Kapos is located in the middle of Somogy County surrounded by the quite hills of Zselic. Several settlements were established in its valley in the course of time, and Kaposvár has become the largest of them. It has been a city of county rights since 1990.

From the south, the city is surrounded by seven hills with thermal and medical springs on the sides. Naturalists are happy to walk in the woods of a nature protection area near Kaposvár. A long lake has been established by damming the Brook Deseda increasing in this way the varied nature of the landscape. The artificial Deseda Lake is the largest and richest in fish. It is a locally protected natural area. Hungarian and foreign hunters love visiting the woods in the Zselic region because of its rich game. Hunters’ lodges in the woods around the city offer excellent possibilities for hunters of large game or of pheasant.

The Kaposvár ‘Csiky Gergely’ Theatre is a popular venue of the cultural life of the area. The first Kaposvár Spring Festival was organised in 1992.

Tourist attractions in the town and surrounding areas:

Roman Catholic Archbishop’ Palace
Parish churches
Memorial tablets
The statue of Saint Florien
Chapel of Saint Donate
The statue of Nepomuki Saint John
Ruins of Saint Jacob Benedictine monastery
Mary Column
Building of the former cloister
Rippl-Rónai house
Rippl-Rónai fountain
Saint Rókus statute
Old County Hall
Chapel of the Golgotha
Dorothea house
Ruins of a Middle Age Fortress of Kaposvár