Most of the attractions in Kőszeg are found within the so-called Várkör – castle district – in the town centre. Your first stop should be Fő tér, the town square bustling with life with its cafés, bars and restaurants, and home of the Gothic revival Sacred Heart church overlooking this beautiful little square. Standing 57 metres tall, the church is the tallest building in Kőszeg, and is just as spectacular from the inside, with its round stained-glass rose windows, as it is on the outside. The centre of the square is dominated by the Statue of the Holy Trinity erected in 1713 to commemorate the victims of the plague following Rákóczi’s War of Independence – hence the popular name of the statue: the “Plague Statue”.
