The work of Lajos Vermes, the organizer of the Palicsi Olympics, is presented by 18 information boards on the promenade named after him, on the shores of Lake Palicsi.
of Dr. Bálint Pásztor , the president of the city council of Szátka, the signs were put up in the area very often visited by tourists, which were presented together with the teacher Mihály Vermes
Lajos Vermes organized the Olympic Games in Palic 141 years ago, i.e. 16 years before the first modern games in Athens. With this, Lajos Vermes served as a model, he broke a path and created a tradition, said Dr. Bálint Pásztor, who reminded us that a year ago he already made it clear that one of the cornerstones of the VMSZ's urban policy program is to care for the memory of Lajos Vermes , as he did a lot for Palics and Szabadka in the world.
As a symbol of respect for the intellectual legacy of Lajos Vermes, the display of the boards presenting the life of the outstanding sportsman and public figure and the history of the Palic Olympic Games in six languages was timed for the time of the Tokyo Olympic Games. This is how they want to remind the locals and visitors that without Lajos Vermes there would be no modern Olympics, Palics would be poorer with today's Villa Lujza, Halászcsárda and Bagolyvár, and Szabadka would be poorer with many former and current athletes who have achieved success in the past 100 years.
(Source and title image: Vojvodina MA)
