Ják is a village in
Vas County
Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project.
Geography
Vas County lies in weste ...
, on the western boundary of
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, 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 and ...
.
Church of Saint George
The parish church of Ják is the best preserved
Romanesque church in Hungary.
It was originally built as the church of a
Benedictine monastery. The village church at that time was a rotunda in front of the façade of the main doorway of Ják church.
Both outside and inside the church is adorned with rich sculptures. The 3 naves and 3 apses are formed in a
basilica
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek Eas ...
structure. Columnar capitals are sculptured by plant and some animal ornamentation.
The rotunda has been built with 4 apses and 2 floors.
Photo gallery
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File:Apátsági templom (8941. számú műemlék) 9.jpg
File:Apátsági templom (8941. számú műemlék) 10.jpg
File:Apátsági templom (8941. számú műemlék) 3.jpg, Saint George
Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...
's Abbey, Ják
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File:San Mateo en la Iglesia de Ják.jpg, Medieval relief of Saint Matthew
Matthew the Apostle was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. According to Christian traditions, he was also one of the four Evangelists as author of the Gospel of Matthew, and thus is also known as Matthew the Evangelist.
The claim of his g ...
in the Church of Ják (13th century).
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File:Szt. Jakab-kápolna (14886. számú műemlék) 3.jpg, Saint James's Chapel, Ják
Notable people
*
Dezső Novák (1939 – 2014), Hungarian footballer
References
* Aradi N. (Ed.): A művészet története Magyarországon. (The History of Arts in Hungary). Gondolat, Budapest
* Fülep L. (Ed.): A magyarországi művészet története. (The History of the Hungarian Arts). Budapest
* Gerevich T.: ''Magyarország románkori emlékei''. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938.
* Gerő L. : ''Magyar műemléki ABC''. Budapest, 1984
* Gervers-Molnár, V. (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the Medieval Hungary). Akadémiai, 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
* Marosi E.: ''A román kor művészete'', (Art of the Romanesque Ages). Corvina, Budapest, 1972,
External links
Street map
Aerial photographs of Ják
Populated places in Vas County
Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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