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See also:PECS (Ger. Funfkirchen) , a See also:town of See also:Hungary, See also:capital of the See also:country of Baranya, r6o m. S.S.W. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900),42,252. It lies on the outskirts of the Mecsek Hills, and is composed of the inner old town, which is laid out in an almost See also:regular square, and four suburbs. Pecs is the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, and its See also:cathedral, reputed one of the See also:oldest churches in Hungary, is also one of the finest See also:medieval buildings in the country. It was built in the 11th See also:century in the Romanesque See also:style with four towers, and completely restored in 1881-1891. In the Cathedral Square is situated the Sacellum, a subterranean See also:brick structure, probably a See also:burial-See also:chapel, dating from the end of the 4th or the beginning of the 5th century. Other noteworthy buildings are the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, formerly a See also:mosque of the See also:Turkish See also:period; the See also:hospital church, also a former mosque, with a See also:minaret 88 ft. high, and another mosque, the bishop's See also:palace, and the town and See also:county See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. Pecs has manufactories of woollens, See also:porcelain, See also:leather and See also:paper, and carries on a considerable See also:trade in See also:tobacco, See also:gall-nuts and See also:wine. The hills around the town are covered with vineyards, which produce one of the best wines in Hungary. In the vicinity are valuable See also:coal-mines, which since 1858 are worked by the See also:Danube Steamship See also:Company.
According to tradition Pecs existed in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Romans under the name of Sompiana, and several remains of the Roman and See also:early See also:Christian period have been found here. In the Frankish-See also:German period it was known under the name of Quinque ecclesiae; its bishopric was founded in roo9. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Ludwig I. founded here in 1367 a university, which existed until the See also:battle of See also:Mohacs. In 1543 it was taken by the See also:Turks, who retained See also:possession of it till 1686.
End of Article: PECS (Ger. Funfkirchen)
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