Sopronhorpács is a village in
Győr-Moson-Sopron County in
Hungary
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.
Sightseeings
Parochial church
* The parochial church of the village was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style. Its beautiful western doorway was built around 1230 together with the southern nave.
The baroque towers were built in the 18th century.
Széchenyi castle
It was built by the widow of
Zsigmond Széchenyi between 1771 and 1774. It was rebuilt by Count
Ferenc Széchényi
Count Ferenc Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (28 April 1754 – 13 December 1820) was a Hungarian nobleman and statesman, known for founding the Hungarian National Library and the Hungarian National Museum, National Museum in Budapest.
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, who also extended it with a library. It was later renewed in baroque style. In this castle the famous Hungarian composer
Ferenc Liszt
Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...
pianist played sometimes.
References
* Győr-Moson-Sopron megye kézikönyvéből (Szekszárd, 1998) Torma Margit irásának átdolgozásával.
* Szőnyi O. (É.n.): Régi magyar templomok. Alte Ungarische Kirchen. Anciennes églises Hongroises. Hungarian Churches of Yore. A Műemlékek Országos Bizottsága. Mirályi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest.
* Gerevich Tibor: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938. 843 p. --- 32–33. p., LXXXVI. tábla bal alsó kép.
* 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
Sopronhorpács official homepageAerial photographs of the castleSopronhorpács on the Vendégváró homepage
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Populated places in Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Romanesque architecture in Hungary