Dobogókő

Dobogókő is a popular tourist area near Pilisszentkereszt in Hungary, and the site of the highest point in the Visegrád Hills at 699 meters.[1] 133 people live here.

Up in the hills lies the Ödön Téry Memorial, a stone pyramid built in memory of one of great pioneers of Hungarian tourism. In Dobogókő there is a tourist museum and accommodation.[2] There are hiking possibilities to Prédikálószék, Rám-szakadék, and Árpádvár. Nearby larger settlements are Dömös and Szentendre.

Dobogókő is also a pilgrimage site for Hungarian neopagans (followers of the revived Táltos faith, that is similar to shamanism) who believe that the place is the "heart chakra" of the earth.[3][4][5]

References
  1. Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (2005). Hungary. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-091-6 – via Google Books.
  2. Guides, Rough (1 March 2010). The Rough Guide to Hungary. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-4053-8715-6 – via Google Books.
  3. Szilárdi, Réka (2013). Neopaganism in Hungary: Under the Spell of Roots. pp. 230–248. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. Hoppál, Mihály (2008). The first twenty years of the ISSR (International Society for Shamanistic Research). p. 231. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. Povedák, István (2014). "From Attila to the Heart Chakra: Postmodern Pilgrimages". Acta Ethnographica Hungarica. 59 (2): 371–388. doi:10.1556/AEthn.2013.001.
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47°43′N 18°54′E

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