An Islamic design above a window of the Mosque of Pasha Gazi Kassim (known locally as the Mosque Church) in Sz?©chenyi square in Pecs, Hungary. .Pecs has been chosen as the 2010 European City of Culture. The city is on the southern slopes of the Mecsek Hills and has a sub-Mediterranean climate. Settled by Romans as Sopianae, it was a significant Christian settlement. Later conquered by the Ottomans, it has important Turkish architecture.