Chemistry Physics and Biology of
Colloids and Interfaces
15-19 June 2025 – Eger, Hungary
Eger city
Eger can be proud of the third biggest church in Hungary. The 93 metre long, 53 metre wide Classical main archiepiscopal cathedral, was built between 1831 and 1836. The cupola of the church is 40, the steeples are 54 metres high. Eger is justly know as the city of Baroque. In its historic city centre many beautiful and valuable Baroque and late-Baroque buildings can be admired. Many believe that one of the most beautiful Baroque churches in Europe is the Minorite church. The County Hall occupies a distinguished place among the secular Baroque monuments. Its fine wrought iron gate was made by the most significant Hungarian Baroque ironwright of German origin, Henrik Fazola.
One of the best higher education institutions in Hungary the Eszterházy Károly University , the late-Baroque style Lyceum building (this is the main building in the Eszterházy square), is interesting from the point of view of cultural history. An 11-storey, 53-metre high observatory tower, formerly known as the Specula stands above its Eastern wing and a Camera Obsura, housing an astrological museum. The library of the Archbishopric, which operates within the Lyceum, is also rich in codices, and preserves the first book printed in Hungarian, the Buda Chronicle, from 1473.
