Siklós ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Šikloš, Шиклош) is the 4th largest town in

Baranya county Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county ('' comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 1 ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

. The Malkocs Bey Mosque was built by the order of the Malkoçoğlu family.

Notable people

* George Mikes, British author most famous for his humorous commentaries on various countries * Albert Siklós, composer * Rudolphus de Benyovszky, violinist and composer

Twin towns – sister cities

Siklós is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: * Aiud, Romania *

Donji Miholjac Donji Miholjac ( hu, Alsómiholjác, german: Unter-Miholtz) is a town in the Slavonia region of Croatia, on the river Drava and the border with Hungary. Population In the 2011 census, there were 9,491 inhabitants in the area, 95% of whom were ...

, Croatia * Feldbach, Austria * Fornovo di Taro, Italy * Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia

Gallery

Ferences kegytemplom (1921. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, Franciscan Church of Máriagyüd Malkocs bej dzsami Siklos.jpg, Malkocs Bey Mosque Városháza Siklós.jpg, Town hall

References

External links

* in Hungarian
Castle of SiklósPrograms of Siklós
Populated places in Baranya County Baranya (region) History of Baranya (region) Kán (genus) Serb communities in Hungary {{Baranya-geo-stub