Nagyszombat

Fragments of the facade painting of the canon's house

Building, structure

The canon house on Szent Miklós Square (in its old Hungarian name: Főtemplom tér) is a building of medieval origin. Above the entrance, at the height of the first floor, two fragments of paintings can be seen. ; One depicts Saint Imre and Saint Stephen, the other depicts the Virg... Read More

Mary's Column in Nagyszombat

Sacral small monument

The statue, located to the right of the archbishop's house, built by Archbishop Miklós Oláh (1493–1568) between 1542 and 1562 and surrounded by a chain-link fence, was placed on a column with an Ionic capital, which stands on a square-shaped pedestal. Read More

Place of death of Louis I (the Great)

Building, structure

As the son of Charles I (Robert) and the Polish princess Elisabeth, he became heir to the throne at the age of 3 after the early death of his two brothers. He first appeared in public in 1335 at the Congress of Visegrád, after which he received the title "Prince of Transylvania".... Read More

Vlach seminar

Building, structure

Next to the parish house there is an old-looking, narrow, two-story building, which is now a deficientia, i.e. a resting place for the deceased priests of the Archdiocese of Esztergom. It has been serving this purpose since 1619. Before that, it was a seminary and the oldest in o... Read More

Statue of Saint Adalbert on Holy Saturday

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In front of the St. Nicholas Church in Nagyszombat, there are large statues of two bishops, St. Adalbert and St. Nicholas. ; The veneration of St. Adalbert is as old as the Hungarian state. Adalbert is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Esztergom, to which Nagyszombat also be... Read More

Statue of Saint Nicholas in Nagysombat

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In front of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nagyszombat, there are large statues of two bishops, St. Adalbert and St. Nicholas. Between 1543 and 1820, Nagyszombat was the seat of the Diocese of Esztergom. During this period, the cathedral functioned as the "main church" of the dioc... Read More

The Ursuline nuns' building complex in Nagyszombat

Building, structure

In Nagy Lajos Street and in Simor Street, which runs at a right angle to it, there is a large group of buildings of the nuns of the Order of St. Ursula, which consists of a church, a monastery, a boarding school and 3 very popular schools. This female order came to the city from ... Read More

Nagyszombat Town Tower

Building, structure

This huge (57 meters) square tower was built in 1574 and cost 4690 gold forints. It only served as a fire tower from 1688, when a permanent residence was built for the tower keeper. The roof burned down in the great fire of 1683 and was rebuilt. The tower clock was built in 1729,... Read More

St. Joseph's Column in Nagyszombat

Sacral small monument

The Baroque sculptural ensemble stands on the square in front of the St. Nicholas Cathedral. It was erected in 1731 in gratitude for the end of the great plague epidemic that devastated the city in 1729-30, which spread not only in Nagyszombat, but almost throughout Europe. The c... Read More

Synagogue status quo ante in Nagyszombat

Building, structure

One of the oldest Jewish communities in Hungary settled in medieval Nagyszombat in the 14th century, but they were banned from the city from the 15th century and were only allowed to return in the 18th century. In the city center, there are also two synagogues built in the 19th c... Read More