Tereske is a village in Rétság District of Nógrád county,

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Etymology

The name is of Slavic origin - ''Trška'', see also e.g. Trška Gora ("a vineyard hill") in

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. 1205-1235 ''Abbas de losco Triskay (Triskai) mosanerio''. The village was known in the past also as "Slovak Trška" (''Totriske'', ''Touttriske'', ''Tot Tereske'', ''Tottreske'').

Parochial church

The most attractive thing to see in the village is Tereske parochial church, which was built as a

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abbey in romanesque style in the 11th century AD. The main sightseeing is the legend of Saint László

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on a mural on the north wall of the nave. It consists of four characteristic stages: two armies before the battle, fighting of St. László and the cumanian prince, the execution and the resting of St. László. King

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donated the monastery to his servient, Bajoni István, who rebuilt the church. From this time a pastoforium can be seen. In the 16th century an extra wall was erected before the mural, and later the church was renovated in

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References

* Gerevich T.: ''Magyarország románkori emlékei''. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938. * 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 * Marosi E.: ''A román kor művészete'', (Art of the Romanesque Ages). Corvina, Budapest, 1972, * Gerő L. : ''Magyar műemléki ABC''. Budapest, 1984 * Henszlmann Imre: ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1876. * Pogány Frigyes (1965): ''Szobrászat és festészet az építőművészetben''. Műszaki, Budapest * Bérczi Szaniszló, Bérczi Zsófia, Bérczi Katalin: ''Románkori templomkapuk: régi és új műveltség egymásrarétegződése a románkori templomok épületszobrászatában, kapukon és oszlopokon'', TKTE, Piremon, 1997. * Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović (1994): ''Templom erődítések Horvátországban''. Tankönyvkiadó, Zágráb. http://mars.elte.hu/varak/aahrtemplomvarak/hr%20templomvarak.htm

External links

Street map
Tereske Romanesque architecture in Hungary {{Nograd-geo-stub