As a result of the SKHU/1601/1.1/060 MONUMENTIS project on June 25th at 16:00 there will be an inauguration of the restored tower and temple treasury of the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation of Virgin Mary in Bratislava. In addition to a short presentation of the project Monumentis along with a few thank you words of…
Although due to the COVID-19 epidemic situation church service is intermittent, the renovation works did not stop in the Franciscan Church in Szécsény. In the frame of the SKHU/1601/1.1/060 MONUMENTIS project the renovation of the sacristy is still going on with the wall restoration, while in the church the renovation of the pulpit and the…
Multiple sacral objects are being renovated in Szentkút, for example a processional crucifix, a painting of the Holy Family, and the statue of St. John of Nepomuk. The restoration, funded by the MONUMENTIS SKHU/1601/1.1/060 Interreg Slovakia-Hungary project, is being done by Balázs Fabók restorer artist and his team.
As a result of the SKHU/1601/1.1/060 MONUMENTIS project the Szentkút digital guidance system, a state-of-the-art mobile tour guiding application was recently released. The mobile application is free to download from 1st March. The app, available for iOS and Android phones, grants direct contact options and local guidance for the visitors. The multilingual digital guidance system,…
In the frame of the SKHU/1601/1.1/060 MONUMENTIS project the restoration of the Basilica has been started this November. During the work some new stained-glass windows will be made to replace the current windows, which are in bad condition and without thermal insulation; the facade of the church will be coloured and the plinth of the…
In the frame of the SKHU/1601/1.1/060 MONUMENTIS project the restoration of the Franciscan Monastery sacristy has been started this November. The furniture of the sacristy will be shipped to a restoration workshop in Budapest, where it will be restored and cleaned, while the archaeologists are examining the monument of outstanding importance on the spot, in…
On the occasion of the ’Historia Domus’ Conference organized in Mátraverebély-Szentkút in October 2019 a Hungarian-Slovakian bilingual volume briefly resuming the history of the shrine was published and introduced. Meeting the requirements of MONUMENTIS project, its objective was to lay the groundwork for the research on the history of Szentkút to be carried out using…
The restoration of the Calvary Chapel will be finished in 2020. An urn burial ground will also be developed in this Chapel. Two reliefs – which represent Saint Michel and Saint Rafael – will decorate the Chapel. The reliefs created by László Mátyássy sculptor. The sculptures were financed by the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme,…
In the church corridor of the Roman Catholic /Franciscan/ Parish in Szécsény an exhibition about the seven Franciscan martyrs’ life has been opened. The exhibition can be viewed until end of January. The aim of this event is to forward the respect of those Franciscan martyrs’ who waiting for their beatification. The seven martyrs gave…
As a result of the project Touristic Development of Franciscan Cultural Heritage Sites of the Border Area by the Cooperation of the Two Provinces (MONUMENTIS) (SKHU/1601/1.1/060) financed by the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme three wooden doors of the Basilica have been restored at the National Shrine of Mátraverebély-Szentkút. The oaken doors to the nave…