# Eger Lyceum, Library and Camera Obscura

What to do en Eger · Eger

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/things-to-do/lyceum-camera-obscura · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h 30
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: All ages; the tower is reached by stairs

The Baroque university building, with a historic library and the oldest working camera obscura on the continent · 1–2 h

The Lyceum is a great 18th-century Baroque building opposite the basilica, now home to the university. Inside you can visit the archbishopric's library, with a painted ceiling and very valuable documents, and, in the tower, the observatory and science centre, with an 18th-century camera obscura that the tourist office presents as the oldest on the continent that still works: a mirror and a lens project the town live onto a table in the darkened room. It is at Eszterházy tér 1. Check opening hours and prices at the tourist office before you go.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 47.9008, 20.3765

## Cerca de aquí

- [Palacsintavár](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/where-to-eat/palacsintavar), a 183 m
- [Eger Basilica](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/things-to-do/eger-basilica), a 214 m
- [Senator-Ház](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/where-to-stay/senator-haz), a 218 m
- [Eger Minaret](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/things-to-do/eger-minaret), a 314 m
- [Imola Hotel Udvarház](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/where-to-stay/imola-hotel-udvarhaz), a 345 m
- [Macok Bisztró & Borbár](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/where-to-eat/macok-bisztro), a 345 m
- [Eger Turkish Bath (Török Fürdő)](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/things-to-do/eger-turkish-bath), a 363 m
- [Eger Thermal Baths (Termál- és Strandfürdő)](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger/things-to-do/eger-thermal-baths), a 365 m

## Consejos

### Go when it is sunny
The camera obscura is best seen in good light.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What is the Eger camera obscura?
An 18th-century optical device in the tower of the Lyceum that projects the town live onto a table.

Destino: [Eger](https://www.geocalia.com/en/hungary/eger.md)