Pécs, situated in the southern part of Hungary at the foot of the Mecsek mountains, radiates a real Mediterranean atmosphere due to its climate, flora and narrow, rambling streets. With its rich cultural life, theatre, museums and festivals, the town is a significant cultural centre of the region and the whole country. The town was founded by the Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century AD. By the 4th century Sopianae became a flourishing provincial capital and a significant centre of early Christianity. Saint Stephen, the first Hungarian king founded an episcopate here in 1009, and Hungary's first university started to operate here in 1367. The architectural monuments of the 150 years of Turkish occupation, the mosques, the Turkish bath and Pasha Idris's tomb, can still be seen. In the cemetery of ancient Sopianae our 4th century Roman forebears built simple churches, chapels and mausoleums with tombs beneath. In the course of the archaeological excavations that have been going on for more than 200 years, hundreds of graves richly supplied with grave goods have been found around the tombs. On the basis of the Christian symbols decorating the grave goods and the Biblical frescos of the buildings, the cemetery of Sopianae is assumed to be an early Christian cemetery. Here are to be found the largest number of frescoed cemetery buildings, not just in Hungary, but in the whole of Europe, and for this reason this early Christian collection of buildings is regarded as an unrivalled group of cultural monuments in terms of early human history. Early Christian mausoleum: There is a tomb under the large chapel. There was no direct architectural communication between the level of the cubiculum (tomb) with painted walls and the chapel, both of them had (and still have) a separate entrance. The northern and eastern walls of the tomb are decorated with Biblical frescos: Adam and Eve in Paradise with the tree and the snake, and Prophet Daniel thrown into the den of lions. On the eastern wall there is a fragment of the Christ monogram and a sitting figure wearing white clothes. A carved white marble sarcophagus from the 3rd century stands in front of the southern side-wall. The wall areas between the figurative representations are decorated with painting imitating marble and with plant motifs. Tomb No. 1 (Peter Paul tomb): In the two-storey building the whole internal wall area of the barrel-vaulted tomb that remains undamaged is covered with frescos. On the wall opposite the entrance Apostles Peter and Paul are pointing at the Christ monogram symbolising the presence of Jesus. On the side-walls the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, the three kings, Jonah, the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus are pictured. On the vault decorated with rich plant and animal (doves, peacocks) ornamentation four portraits in circular frames can be seen, perhaps the portraits of those who were buried here. The tomb and two smaller buildings, the walls of which are not painted, will be open to the public soon after the completion of the restoration work. Tomb No. 2 (Jug tomb): There is a chapel above the underground tomb. The latter was originally barrel-vaulted and has painted walls. There were two graves in the tomb, one of which had a special, double bottom cover. The rich geometrical and plant decorations on the wall show the Garden of Eden. The picture of a jug and a cup in the small closet cut in the northern wall of the tomb, after which the tomb was named, symbolises the Holy Sacrament. Early Christian cemetery chapel in Apáca utca: The building with a north-south axis ends with an apse at the north end. At around 390 AD a bench and an altar were placed in the apse. In its internal area, under the floor level four graves were found. The cemetery chapel is different from other cemetery buildings in Sopianae, because the town's Christian inhabitants were buried in graves cut under the floor of the building and not in tombs.