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, Croa ...
, 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 Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine ...
,
Bagod
Bagod is a proposed village in Zala County, 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, Romani ...
-
Szentpál,
Hidegség
Hidegség ( hr, Vedešin) is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.
Sightseeing for visitors: the old church of Árpád age
In the village there is an old architectural heritage from the romanesque art: the church standing on the top ...
. 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 Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeas ...
,
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
Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to:
Peoples
* Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples
** West Slavi ...
''Slověna'' (''Slověn'': Slav, maybe a personal name, see also
Slověnice
Slověnice is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic
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). ''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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