Rakoczi's House
An 18th century TekirdaÄ house in which Francis II Rakoczi lived while in exile. The house was restored in early 1980s almost totally the same as how it looked like when a Hungarian painter went to TekirdaÄ and drew illustrations of the interior of house in 1906. The adjoining streets also housed a large Hungarian colony formed by people following Francis II Rakoczi, but unfortunately no evidence of their existence left today. While you are around, donât forget to check out the wooden âSzekely Gateâ, carved in the traditional style of the Szekely, the tribe of TekirdaÄâs Hungarian refugees. It was erected in front of Rakocziâs house in 2005.
Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
The exhibition of this museum, which is situated in a building essentially built as the governor mansion in 1928, is mainly composed of the findings of the excavations of Perinthos and numerous tumulii in the region. The oldest objects in exhibition date back to 4500 BCE. Among the display is the mummified and reconstructed body of Thracian king Kersepleptes. His body complete with crown, clothes, and other remainings was excavated from a tumulus located about 12 km to TekirdaÄ. Upstairs is dedicated to ethnography and there is a âtraditional TekirdaÄ roomâ. The garden of the museum contains many sarcophagi from ancient times and many gravestones left by the cityâs once numerous Greek, Armenian and Latin populations.