title: Marcali
text: # Marcali
  
  Marcali (German: Martzal) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District.
  
  The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line.
  
  ## Media
  
  Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at 46°36′53.5″N 17°27′53.63″E﻿ / ﻿46.614861°N 17.4648972°E﻿ / 46.614861; 17.4648972﻿ (Kisperjes transmitter) a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
  * Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
  * Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
  * Mya Diamond (born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model
  * Árpád Milinte (born 1976), footballer
  * Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer
  * Márta Vass (born 1962), ultramarathon runner
  * Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), handballer
  * Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer
  * Lukács Bőle (born 1990), footballer
  * Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Marcali is twinned with:
  
  * Künzelsau, Germany
  * Medulin, Croatia
  * Morrovalle, Italy
  * Toplița, Romania
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Gisella Church
  * Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
  * The building of the music school (built in 1898)
  * Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
  * Saint Barbara Church of Boronka
  