Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Sarlós
Building, structure
The construction of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady of Sarlós began in 1852 at the initiative of Bishop Imre Palugyay. After the death of master architect Ferenc Császtka in 1855, the work was continued by the Viennese architect J. Szmatos. The construction of the church was completed in 1861 by the architect Antal Herwerth from Nitra. The names of the donors were immortalized by a memorial plaque placed in the interior of the church. The cross was solemnly placed on the top of the tower on November 5, 1856. The founder, Bishop Imre Palugyay, did not live to see the completion of the construction, so the consecration of the church and the monastery was celebrated by his successor, Bishop Ágoston Roskoványi, on September 8, 1861. ; The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady of Sarlós is the most visited church in the city. The neo-Romanesque three-nave church has three emporiums. The carved wooden high altar is decorated with paintings depicting St. Imre, St. Vincent de Paul, the Virgin Mary and St. Elizabeth. The paintings praise the work of the Viennese painter Schiller. Below the paintings are statues of the twelve apostles. The gilded pulpit decorated with carvings is extremely valuable. The nuns of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (Vincentian Sisters) sleep their eternal sleep in the crypt under the church. ; The church was renovated three times during the 20th century: in 1911, in the 1940s and in the 1970s. It suffered serious damage during World War II, and the tower and part of the ceiling collapsed.