Fabricius-house
The house built on foundations from the Roman times currently houses the exhibitions of the Sopron Museum on the Main Square.
A Roman bath was excavated in its cellar and its Gothic main hall as well as the Renaissance arcades of its courtyard testify to the building’s rich past. It was named after Mayor Endre Fabricius, who came into contact with Sándor Petőfi in 1840 as vice-president of the Hungarian Lyceum Society, with whom he forged a bond of friendship. Petőfi visited the building several times. According to legend, in February 1840 he changed to civilian clothes in the basement of the house, after escaping from the Fisherman Barrack (now Petőfi Sándor Primary School, 25 Halász Street) and hurried to Ferenc Liszt’s concert in the Old Casino.
