Pápa
Pápa greets you with the feel of a historic market town that never lost its regional importance. Set near the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, it’s known for its baroque streets, its protected old centre, and a population of 28,549 in 2024. The town has long been one of the main centres of the Reformed faith in Transdanubia, so churches, schools, and museums carry as much weight here as palaces and cafés. The old burgher houses around the centre give Pápa its easy, lived-in character, and the Blue-Dyeing Museum, the Kékfestő Múzeum, keeps alive the town’s indigo-dye tradition in a former factory. Nearby, the Esterházy palace, the grand Roman Catholic church, and the Calvinist secondary school mark out the town’s religious and aristocratic past. Pápa was also the main trading centre for wines from the Somló region, and from 1945 to 1983 it served as an administrative regional capital. …
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