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Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Diószeg

Sacral small monument

The statue, which until recently presented a pitiful image, was renovated by sculptor Gyula Mag in 2018. The statue of the martyr of the secret of confession stands near the roundabout at the intersection of the road leading to Galánta. Read More

Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch in Vágsellye

Building, structure

The city's Roman Catholic Church of St. Margaret of Antioch was built in 1828 in the classicist style, on the site of an earlier church dating back to the 16th century at the latest. Its architect was György Schwarz. Read More

The grave of parish priest József Ürge

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

He was born in Verebély, Bars County, on September 5, 1889. He was ordained a priest on May 16, 1915. He served as a reserve camp chaplain from 1916 to 1918. ; As chaplain of Vágsellye, he blessed the World War I and national flag monuments inaugurated on November 10, 1940. ; He ... Read More

Churchyard cross in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

The stone cross in the churchyard dates from 1724. Read More

Pázmány Castle in Vágsellye

Building, structure

In the Middle Ages, the Bohemian road (Via Bohemica) led here. Béla IV donated Vágsellyé and its surroundings to the Premontre monastery of Turóc. In 1522, the settlement received privileges from the provost of Turóc, Uriel Majthényi. In 1536, Ferdinand I raised it to the rank of... Read More

Holy Trinity statue in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

On July 4, 1886, during the litany, a ball of lightning struck the Catholic church in Vágsellye. In memory of the escape from the elemental blow, the survivors and the city erected a Holy Trinity Column, which was completed in 1895. ; In 1974, when the statue was damaged due to a... Read More

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

Saint John of Nepomuk is the patron saint of Bohemia, one of the heavenly protectors of the Society of Jesus, and at the same time a privileged figure of Central European and Hungarian Baroque piety and folk religiosity (1340–1383). Baroque statues of the martyr of the secret of ... Read More

Vágsellye National Flag Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The initiator of the National Flag Movement was Nándor Urmánczy, a Transylvanian politician of Armenian origin, a member of parliament, and the "uncompromising Hungarian", who proclaimed the National Flag Movement in 1925. Between the two world wars, the movement, which spread th... Read More

Statue of Saint Florian in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

Florian, who was celebrated on May 4 in the old calendar, was a Roman military officer in Noricum, in present-day Austria. He suffered martyrdom for his Christian faith during the reign of Diocletian. According to legend, when Florian learned that 40 (!) Christians had been captu... Read More

Statue of Saint George in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

The statue, created by an unknown artist in 1808, originally stood in front of the fire station on Szent György tér, and is currently located in front of the city library. The nearby square was also recently named after the statue; before that, the area was registered as Dubček t... Read More