Léva

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

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

Holy Trinity statue, Léva

Sacral small monument

The Holy Trinity Column is located opposite the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and in front of the old teacher training college (now a branch of the Károli Gáspár Reformed University). The sculpture group was erected by the nobleman János Huszár from Léva in 1777. According to ... Read More

Léva Piarist High School

Building, structure

In 1675, members of the Franciscan Order settled in Léva, who, with the help of Baron Jaklin, built a church next to the monastery in 1720. However, in 1786, due to the anti-monastic decrees of Emperor Joseph II, the Franciscan fathers of Léva had to leave Léva and rented out the... Read More

Reformed Pastoral Office (former State Teacher Training College)

Building, structure

The current building of the Léva Reformed Pastoral Office was built in 1873. It served as a teacher training school until 1911. At that time, the Léva congregation purchased it from the government of the Kingdom of Hungary, and after renovating it, it was used for congregational ... Read More

Headstone of the 17th Meeting of Reformed Secondary Schools of the Carpathian Basin

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Czeglédi Péter Reformed High School in Léva hosted the 17th Meeting of the Reformed High Schools of the Carpathian Basin between 8 and 12 July 2012. Nearly 180 representatives from 38 institutions participated in the event. At the opening service on Sunday, Zsuzsanna Répás, H... Read More

Town Hall, Léva

Building, structure

Until the middle of the 18th century, Léva did not have its own town hall. The judges therefore conducted their official business in their homes. For the same reason, the town magistrates' meetings were held in the house of one of the members until 1754. In that year, the town bo... Read More

Barsi Museum

Building, structure

The Barsi Museum was founded thanks to the mayor of Léván Nécsey József of Verebély, who donated his collection to the city in 1927. Nécsey donated archaeological finds from the Verebély area and along the lower Garam River, ethnographic objects from the northern part of Bars Cou... Read More

The Léva Castle and the Dobó Castle

Building, structure

The medieval fortress of Léva can be found in the inner city of Léva, from afar only the rock block of the upper castle stands out from the surrounding housing estate blocks. In place of the former wooden bridge built on the southern side, a long stone bridge now spans the site o... Read More

Immaculata statue in Levant

Sacral small monument

The construction of the Reformed church behind the statue was viewed with deep distaste by the city's citizens of other religions between 1785 and 1788. In 1786, in defiance, the Catholics erected a Baroque-Classicist-style column in front of the church under construction, on whi... Read More