Böde is a village in
Zala County
Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...
, in
Hungary
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. In its vicinity can be found the church of Böde-Zalaszentmihályfa from the
Árpád dynasty
The Árpád dynasty, consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds ( hu, Árpádok, hr, Arpadovići). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingd ...
age.
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The village can be found south of
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary.
Location
Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and ...
, the center of Zala County-.
Sightseeings
Before reaching the village, on the right side of the road we catch the beautiful church on the top of a nearby hill standing at the side of the forest. The western doorway is adorned with rich stone carving. The edge of the tympanon arc is adorned with an ornament well known from the Conquest age belt buckles. The lamb holding the cross is regularly exhibited in the medieval romanesque church doorways.
Gallery
Image:Böde1.jpg
Image:Szent Mihály templom, Böde2.jpg
References
*Bérczi Szaniszló, Bérczi Zsófia, Bérczi Katalin: ''Románkori templomkapuk: régi és új műveltség egymásrarétegződése a románkori templomok épületszobrászatában, kapukon és oszlopokon'', TKTE, Piremon, 1997.
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