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The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Léva

Building, structure

"The initiator of the Roman Catholic girls' school in Léva of the Sisters of Mercy named after Saint Vincent de Paula was Imre Szepesi, a Budapest-born university professor, because he experienced that girls' education here, and even elementary education itself, did not meet the ... Read More

Léva Reformed Church

Building, structure

The first Reformed wooden church was built in 1660, but was demolished in 1735 due to its dilapidated condition. A new church was built in its place, but it was closed by order of the landlord and then demolished. Between 1785 and 1788, a classicist tolerance church was built on ... Read More

Klobusic Castle and English Park

Building, structure

The castle was built in the classicist style for the Piacsek family in 1840, and was later acquired by the Sipeky family. In front of its entrance, a portico consisting of four square columns and covered with a triangular tympanum rises. The stuccoes decorating the tops of the co... Read More

Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Levan

Building, structure

On the left side of Úri Street (the street connecting the main city gate and the main castle gate), in the middle, there was already a church dedicated to Saint Ladislaus in the 14th century. ; During the Reformation, Protestantism spread so much in Léva that, according to a repo... Read More

Cemetery cross in Beketfán

Sacral small monument

It was built for the glory of God by the village of Beketfa in 1934. Read More

The grave of the headmaster and teacher Imre Kucsera

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Imre Kucsera was born in 1855 in Léva. In 1873 he graduated from the teacher training school in Léva (first year student). In 1874 he became a cantor teacher in Zsemlér, then from 1880 he started teaching in Nagysalló, from where he retired (1916). He died in 1952 at the age of 9... Read More

Bust of Sándor Sajó

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On November 15, 2008, the hometown of Ipolyság paid tribute to its great native, Sándor Sajó, with the inauguration of a public statue on the 140th anniversary of his birth. The statue is the work of sculptor Oláh Szilveszter. The Palóc Society had it erected in the square in fro... Read More

Statue of John Calvin in Ipolybél

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

At the initiative of László Pásztor, a doctor born in Ipolybéli, together with his siblings, they donated a wooden statue of Calvin to the Ipolybéli congregation in memory of their father, which was made in Csicsó by Sándor Steinbach, a woodcarver from Veszprém, at an artist colo... Read More

The Romanesque church ruins in Gallyas

Building, structure

Northwest of Vágújhely, at the entrance to the Bosác Valley, which is part of the White Carpathians, the fortified Romanesque church of Gallyas stands as a silent guardian on a hill. ; Providing relative protection to the population, the valley of the Váh River was protected by c... Read More

Garamszentbenedek Benedictine Monastery and Church - exterior

Building, structure

The Benedictine monastery and its church were founded by King Géza I of Hungary. It was consecrated in 1075, when his estates were also listed. According to archaeological observations, the first church dedicated to Saint Benedict was a basilica with 3 naves, a semicircular sanct... Read More