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Statue of a lady in a headscarf

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

One of the works of the international artist colony. Read More

Zobor-hegy Millennium Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The approximately 20-meter-high monument was inaugurated on August 30, 1896, on Zobor Hill near the city of Nyitra. The inauguration was attended by Minister of the Interior Dezső Perczel, Bishop of Nyitra Imre Bende, who held the mass, Chief Magistrate Vilmos Thúróczy and Vice-G... Read More

The grave of the Lutheran pastor János Endreffy, Sr.

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

János Endreffy Sr. was born on February 9, 1848 in Mezőberény. He graduated from the Lutheran Theological Academy in Bratislava, then in 1870, he studied for a year at the University of Jena. His places of service: as a teacher in Békéscsaba, then in Tótkomlós, Pilis, Csomád, Fót... Read More

Memorial plaque for Polish refugees

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Above the memorial plaque, there is a square black marble slab with a cross and the Polish coat of arms. According to some sources, during World War II, 35 Polish refugees found a home in this village. However, in István Lagzi's work entitled Polish Refugees' Camp Relations in No... Read More

Cross in the churchyard

Sacral small monument

The cross next to the church was erected in 1912 by Lajos Kakas and his wife Mari Bugyi to the glory of God. Read More

Cross in the churchyard

Sacral small monument

It was dedicated to the greater glory of God by Andris Rados and Erzsébet Szakmári in 1893. Read More

Lourdes Grotto

Sacral small monument

Near the church is a recently built Lourdes grotto. It is made of raw stone, like similar recent buildings in the area. In the grotto stands a statue of Our Lady, dressed in a white dress, with a blue belt around her waist, and a rosary in her hand. Little Bernadette kneels in fr... Read More

Statue of Saint Wendelin

Sacral small monument

Next to the Catholic church is the statue of St. Vendel, which was erected at the beginning of the 20th century so that the animals of the village people would not be "afflicted by destruction or disease". The colored sandstone statue stands on a high pedestal with a zinc cover o... Read More

Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Sorrows

Building, structure

The shrine is 55 km as the crow flies from Bratislava. It has been mentioned in medieval documents for seven hundred years, as a serf village, built on a sás (marsh). Hence its name. ; The former seat of Sasvár County, mentioned in 1323, and the center of the Székely border guard... Read More

Harang Street Orthodox Synagogue

Building, structure

Jews were not allowed to settle in Košice, one of the Jewish centers of Upper Hungary, until 1841. Despite this, by the middle of the 20th century, a community of over 11,000 lived here, maintaining several large and small synagogues. One of these is the older synagogue maintaine... Read More