Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 106,346 people (2001), with 138,995 in the direct vicinity, and is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia. In the Middle Ages the city was a royal residence and the most important city of Hungary. 37 kings and 39 queen consorts were crowned, 15 rulers have been buried here, the diets were held and the crown jewels were kept here.

Tourist attractions

• Downtown with historical (Baroque, Classical) buildings
• St. Stephen Cathedral (burial place of several medieval kings incl. St. Stephen and Béla III)
• St. Anna Chapel (Gothic, built around 1470)
• Ruins of medieval church founded by St. Stephen
• Episcopal Palace (Zopf style)
• city Hall
• Zichy Palace (Zopf style manor house, 1781)
• King Stephen Museum
• Doll Museum
• Apothecary Museum
• city Museum
• city Gallery
• Csitáry source (mineral water source)
• Serbian skanzen (12 thatched peasant houses and a Byzantine-style church, won a Europa Nostra award in 1990)
• Golden Bull memorial (the Golden Bull was an important charta by King Andrew II, it was released here; the memorial is from 1972.)
• Bory manor (20th century)
• Globus cruciger (a stone image of the royal symbol of power of the same name)
• Statue of György Varkoch at the supposed site of his death at the gates