Királyfa

Bridge near King's Tree

Building, structure

The balustraded, baroque-art nouveau bridge spanning the Black Water was built by the Pálffy family and connected the English and French ornamental parks that formed their estate. The buildings did not survive, so this bridge, which seemingly leads from nowhere to nowhere, is now... Read More

Pálffy Castle

Building, structure

Királyfa was once a royal estate and was named Villa Regia, and contemporary documents also mention the beautiful summer palace of King Sigismund's wife, Mária. In 1397, we find it as Királyfalu, which proves that it was once a Hungarian village. At that time, its lords were nobl... Read More

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from Királyfa, from the workshop of Georg Raphael Donner, was made in the 1830s. ; The work, which was declared a monument in 2009, was restored in 2014 and erected on the site of the former Pálffy Castle, in the present-day churchyard (it prev... Read More

St. John the Baptist Castle Chapel

Building, structure

The Church of St. John the Baptist, built in 1712, was originally the chapel of the Pálffy Castle, of which it formed the southern wing. The interior of the Baroque church was designed by the sculptors Lajos Gode and Rafael Donner. After the gradual demolition of the castle betwe... Read More

Statue of Saint Joseph on the church wall

Sacral small monument

The statue, which depicts Saint Joseph with the baby Jesus in his arms, stands next to the road connecting Egyházfát with Nagyborsa, opposite the side road leading to Szentkirályfa. Read More

The grave of the servant judge Rezső Krascsenits

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

Rezső Krascsenits left the earthly shadow world at the age of 45. Read More