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Ahai Saint Imre Church

Building, structure

The population of the village of Aha has always been predominantly Catholic, although for centuries they could only go to Verebély for church services. The St. Imre Church here was built in 1749 in the Baroque style. It is a smaller, single-nave building, with an arched sanctuary... Read More

Statue of Saint Wendel in Ógyalla

Sacral small monument

The roadside statue of Saint Wendel, revered as the protector of shepherds, was erected in 1938 on the corner of Kertek alja Street and Hársfa Street. The figure is depicted in shepherd's clothing, with hands clasped in prayer, a hat on his head, a cloak on his shoulders, a kanás... Read More

Grave of Pál Ordódy and his son from Ordódi and Rozsonmiticzi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the cemetery behind the Catholic church in Bagota, there are tombstones of several members of the Ordódy family. On one of them we can read the name of Pál Ordódy, the Hungarian Royal Minister of Transport. His son, Pál Ordódy, born in 1852, who was a member of the National As... Read More

Cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

The cemetery cross is made of polychrome sandstone and is decorated on a baroque pedestal, with a corpus, an INRI plaque, and a figure of Mary standing at the base of the cross. József Liszka, during his 2001 data collection, established that the original inscription was painted ... Read More

Statue of Our Lady of Sorrows

Sacral small monument

Statue of the Virgin Mary of Sorrows (Statue of the Seven Sorrows, Statue of the Kádek, Statue of the Seven Sorrows Virgin Mary) ; ; Also made of polychrome sandstone, located south of the cemetery's main cross. There are columns on the sides of the pedestal, and an angelic relie... Read More

Statue of Saint Wendel in Naná

Sacral small monument

There are many public statues of the saint Vendel, who lived in the early Middle Ages and came from the British Isles and was very popular in Hungary in the 18th century (similar to St. John of Nepomuk or St. Florian), in Catholic regions all over the country. Based on its stylis... Read More

The grave of Kálmán Ordódy

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

János Ferenc Keresztelő Ordódy Kálmán of Lower Lieszkó and Rozsony-Miticz (Bagota, January 10, 1815 – Buda, Várnegyed, December 14, 1871) was an imperial and royal lieutenant general, departmental councilor of the Ministry of National Defense. He was born in Bagota in 1815 to Bál... Read More

Feszty family tomb

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Árpád Feszty Martosi (born Árpád Szilveszter Rehrenbeck, Ógyalla, December 21, 1856 – June 1, 1914) was a Hungarian painter. His father, Szilveszter Rehrenbeck (1819-1910), was a landowner in Ógyalla, and his mother was Jozefa Linzmajer (1822-1885). ; The ancestors of the family ... Read More

Grotto of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes in Szent

Sacral small monument

In Lourdes, the Virgin Mary first appeared to a poor, uneducated 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, on February 11, 1858, at the Massabielle grotto near the town. Mary wore a snow-white dress, her cloak was dazzling white, she had a sky-blue belt around her waist, and her ba... Read More

Jewish cemetery in Szentendre

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In Szentendre, about a quarter of the population was Jewish, but after the war and the deportations, only a fraction of them returned to the city. As a direct consequence of this, their cemetery also began to deteriorate, perhaps only the high brick wall (now partially demolished... Read More