Székesfehérvár joins the contest for European Capital of Culture

Székesfehérvár’s municipal aim is making the city one of Hungary’s most outstanding innovation center. They also intend to use the European Capital of Culture competition for making Székesfehérvár, the center of the Middle-Transdanubia and Fejér county, a high castle of culture and intellect, as Turizmus.com reports.

At the special assembly on St. Stephen’s Day, the mayor of Székesfehérvár announced that the city applies for the European Capital of Culture 2023 competition. He claimed that most of the local citizens support this idea. András Cser-Palkovics stated that 3700 residents told their opinion during the consultation that was closed on 15 August. 93 percent of the respondents agreed that Székesfehérvár should apply for the competition.

The mayor also stated that the competition serves the purpose of improving the cultural and intellectual life of the city in a way that it may become one of the region’s, if not Hungary’s, greatest innovative cultural center. The municipal assembled a task force of ten experts for preparing the competition material.