Szalonna is a village in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
, in the
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.
In the village there is an old architectural example of
Romanesque art: the church. It consists of two parts. The older is the
rotunda on the east side of the recent building, which is younger, but of
Árpád
Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or '' kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' g ...
age - the village Romanesque church with murals. The rotunda has several relatives of this type in the
Carpathian Basin
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:
Herencsény
Herencsény is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the no ...
,
Bagod-
Szentpál,
Hidegség. A group of such extended rotunda old churches have a specific characteristic: the six folded inner structure of
Karcsa
Karcsa is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine t ...
,
Gerény and
Kiszombor
Kiszombor is a more than 800 years old village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population of 3795 people (2015).
It is an agricultural village, near the Maros ...
.
Etymology
The name probably comes from
Slavic ''Slověna'' (''Slověn'': Slav, maybe a personal name, see also
Slověnice). ''Slověna > Solona > Salona''. 1249 ''Zolouna'', ''Zolovna''.
References
Bibliography
* Gerevich T.: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938. 843 p. --- 32–33. p., LXXXVI. tábla bal alsó kép.
* Gervers-Molnár V.: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972.
* Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest
* Henszlmann, I. (1876): ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest
External links
Street map
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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