Repository

1848/49 Kopjafa Köbölküt

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

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Roadside cross

Sacral small monument

Devout believers re-erected the cross in memory of July 1895. Read More

St. Florian's Church

Building, structure

Between 1849 and 1851, the neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic Church of St. Florian was built on the main square of the village with the support of Bishop Mihály Fekete. The painting depicting St. Florian in the church and the classicist baptismal font, above which a pieta statue can ... Read More

Cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

The central cross, erected in 1768, was renovated in 2006. Read More

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

Building, structure

The Hosszúfalu church is first mentioned in a charter issued by Béla IV in 1252. With the charter, the king donated the estate that had previously belonged to the Benedictine abbey of Zobor to the newly founded Premontre provostship of Túróc. Another mention of the church dates b... Read More

Statue of Saint Florian

Sacral small monument

St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters and those who work with fire. Throughout the history of the village, the residents have suffered from more than one devastating fire. So it is no wonder that a statue was erected in honor of St. Florian (which today stands next to t... Read More

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk

Sacral small monument

According to the literature, Saint John of Nepomuk was the patron saint of sailors, boatmen, bridge toll collectors, and water millers. In the past, several water mills operated in the village of Vághoszú, so a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk could not be missing. On his feast da... Read More

The headstone of David Mészáros

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

One of the outstanding personalities of the first half of the 19th century was Dávid Mészáros, a Catholic priest who was among the first to fall victim to reprisals after the suppression of the Hungarian War of Independence and Revolution. With his life's standing for progress, h... Read More

Turkish chapel commemorating the Battle of Palast in 1552

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The most important historical event of the village of Palást is undoubtedly the battle that took place on August 10-11, 1552, on its border between the attacking Turks and the Christian armies defending the Highlands, with the victory of the former. The aim of the Turks' 1552 cam... Read More

Heroic monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The First World War left a sad memory in the souls of many locals. A memorial statue was erected in 1938 to 46 soldiers who died on the battlefields. A plaque commemorating the 33 victims of the Second World War was added to the monument on November 1, 1972. The newspaper Érsekúj... Read More