St. Stephen's Church
Building, structure
The single-nave, Romanesque church from the 10th century has undergone many changes over the centuries. In the 12th century, the horseshoe-shaped sanctuary was replaced by a semicircular one, and then the choir was built. The church was expanded with a Gothic-style sacristy in the 13th-14th centuries. The Turkish attacks caused serious damage to the structure of the building, and its interior was completely plundered, only its bell remained. At the beginning of the 18th century, Bishop László Mattyasovszky rebuilt it in the Baroque style. The interior and furnishings of the church are valuable. Fragments of 13th-century wall paintings and Romanesque cornices have survived. The Baroque altar dates from the 18th century. During excavations in the church and its narrow surroundings, the foundation stones of the church and a cemetery from the 10th-11th centuries were uncovered. The church is owned by the Roman Catholic Church, which has been leased to the Greek Catholic Church for 99 years since 1992.