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Rákóczi crypt (cathedral)

Building, structure

The ashes of Ferenc II. Rákóczi and his fellow exiles, brought home on October 29, 1906, were placed in the crypt of the cathedral. The crypt is located on the north side of the church, and a narrow staircase leads down. Opposite the staircase are three sarcophagi: the middle one... Read More

The grave of the Reformed pastor Pál Batta

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Pál Batta, a reformed priest from the Uplands, was born in 1910 in Felden (now Jesenské) in Gömör County. He received his ministerial degree in Debrecen, as he was one of the outstanding students in theology there, so the Hungarian state sent him - together with two other compani... Read More

The grave of painter Vince Bánsághi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Painter Vince Bánsághi was born on December 27, 1881 in Resicabánya [Romania]. In 1904 he studied painting with Zsigmond Vajda, and from 1905 at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts with Tivadar Zemplényi and Károly Ferenczy. In 1911-1912 he attended the Julian Academy in Paris. In ... Read More

Synagogue

Building, structure

On September 19, 1911, on the Jewish New Year, the neolog synagogue in Nitra was dedicated, which was built according to the plans of the local Jewish community, Lipót Baumhorn (1860-1932). The renowned architect designed several synagogues in Hungary, his creations include the o... Read More

Clean Source Settlement Memorial Plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 2014, the "Clean Source Settlement" program was launched in cooperation with the Ethnographic Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, within the framework of which the Hungarian Academy of Arts awards the title... Read More

Tibor Ág's memorial room in Nagymegyer

Country house, craft house

In 2014, the "Clean Source Settlement" program was launched in cooperation with the Ethnographic Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, within the framework of which the Hungarian Academy of Arts awards the title... Read More

Samu Kati's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Katalin Samu (September 16, 1935 † May 28, 2014) was the founder and leader of the Pelsőc Women's Choir, the former president of the Csemadok Pelsőc Foundation, a piano teacher who considered her love of music a life's task and mission, and the cultivation of Hungarian culture an... Read More

The tomb of Lajos Patócs

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Born on December 5, 1926 in Hodosi Rét, died in May 2015 in Hodos. ; A well-known peasant musician of the region and the folk music movement, an active cultural organizer. In addition to the traditional musical gatherings of the village community, he played the zither and sang wi... Read More

County Hall

Building, structure

The County Hall is located in the neighborhood of the oldest part of the city, at the foot of the Nitra Castle Hill and the Upper Town. Archaeological research conducted in the 1990s in the basement of its western wing revealed the remains of buildings that can be assumed to be t... Read More

Assumption of the Virgin Mary statue group

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

(Mary Column and Statue Group, Immaculata Memorial, Votive Plague Column) ; ; The Assumption Statue Group is a religious-themed statue group located in the city of Nyitra, on the Castle Hill, in the area of the square in front of the bridge leading to the castle gate. The sacred-... Read More