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Monument to those who died heroically in World War I

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In the case of Rimaszombat, the former seat of Gömör County, the question of a monument to those who died a heroic death in the 1914-1918 World War became relevant after the return in 1938, and the intention was also expressed in the establishment of the Monument Committee. Jenő ... Read More

Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Building, structure

The first Catholic church was built in the 11th century on the main square of the town. At that time, the population was Catholic, but after the Reformation of Luther and Calvin, changes also took place in Rimaszombat. In 1524, the local Catholic priest Em. Bebek, who held a high... Read More

Churchyard cross

Sacral small monument

The cross on the left side of the Roman Catholic church has no inscription. Read More

The building of the United Protestant High School (old high school)

Building, structure

The old high school building was built in 1794 and later expanded to two floors in Baroque style. Kálmán Mikszáth also studied here between 1857 and 1863 in János Fábry's class. Read More

Petőfi House (Huszth House)

Building, structure

In Rimaszombat, on the former Oskola Street, which was named after the famous goldsmith József Szentpétery at the end of the 19th century and then after World War II, named after the Slovak national awakening leader Samo Tomášik, stands a modest cottage. It is called the Huszth H... Read More

Millencentenary Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On June 23, 1996, at 10 a.m., a service began in the Reformed Church, at the end of which Gyula Rázsó, retired director of the Budapest Museum of Military History, gave a lecture on why our ancestors succeeded in conquering the country 1,100 years ago. After the service, the monu... Read More

The monument to the martyrs of Arad in Révkomárom

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

For more than a century and a half, the old Komárom did not have a public monument to honor the memory of the martyrs of Arad - and as an important stronghold of the War of Independence and as a city that later mourned the martyrs of Arad, it deserved one. The Jókai Public Educat... Read More

St. Ladislaus Piarist Monastery, Church and Gymnasium

Building, structure

The monastery complex, consisting of a church, a college and a gymnasium, was built in several stages. The foundation stone of the complex was laid on June 9, 1701, during the time of Bishop László Mattyasovszky. In the first stage, the chapel of the left wing of the monastery wa... Read More

Rimasombat

Other - other

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Bust of Ladislaus V.

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Historiography also knows Ladislaus V as Ladislaus the Posthumous, as he was born a few months after the death of his father, the first Hungarian king from the Habsburg house, Albert, in 1440. His mother, Queen Elisabeth of Luxembourg, fled pregnant to the city of Komárom, taking... Read More