Szap

Szapi Catholic Church

Building, structure

The church was built from the Catholic school built in 1913, where the people of Szapi had previously held the May litanies in the absence of a church. A tower was built for the unused former school, and on October 7, 2000, the new church and its bell were consecrated. Read More

Szapi Catholic Chapel

Building, structure

There was no church for Catholics in the village until 2000, so the chapel was built in 1973 as a place of worship for the Catholic population of the village. The circumstances of this are unknown. Read More

Monument to the victims of World War I and II in Szapi

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

From the village of Szap, 31 people died a heroic death in World War I and 11 people died in World War II. The Municipality of Szap erected a joint monument in their memory in 2005 in the village area. Read More

The Millennium headstone of Szapi

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The 1000th anniversary of the formation of the Hungarian state caused a significant resonance in the region. This is evidenced by the fact that both neighboring settlements, Csiliznyárad and Szap, also erected monuments on the occasion of the anniversary. In Szap, the municipalit... Read More

Szapi Reformed Church

Building, structure

The Reformed Church of Szap was built in 1885. This year can be read above the entrance. This is the second church of the Reformed Church of Szap, the first was completed on September 8, 1789 in the classicist style and completely burned down in 1863. The foundation stone of the ... Read More

Holy Family iconostasis with niche in Szapi

Sacral small monument

A special form of sacral monuments is the image column with a niche, in the upper third of which there is a recess with a plaster statue of a saint. The image columns were made of stone or brick. The Szapi image column was made in 1914, the year of the outbreak of World War I. Th... Read More

Vince Bereczky, the grave of the last gold miner from Csallóköz

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The gold that was produced in the footsteps of the fairies was soon discovered by the conquering Hungarians. He brought with him the art of gold panning, or as they said in Csallóköz, the art of goldsmithing, as an ancestral occupation, probably from his ancestral homeland on the... Read More

The grave of the Reformed pastor Béla Csekes

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

He was born on December 4, 1881 in Búcs. After completing the first year of theology in Budapest, he went to Canada at the request of Dr. Robertson, the Canadian superintendent, where he continued his studies in Toronto and Auburn. He received his degree in Auburn in 1904. In Can... Read More

Simon Imre's memorial to his father, who disappeared in World War II

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The gravestone commemorates the memory of his father, who disappeared in World War II, to his son. Read More

Cemetery cross in Szapon

Sacral small monument

The cemetery's large cross was erected by Roman Catholics in memory of the deceased in July 1990... Read More