Tornaszentandrás

Tornaszentandrás is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, in Hungary.

ightseeing

The extraordinary sightseeing of the village is the Saint Andeas parochial church from the Árpád dynasty age: it has double apsis, or twin-apsis. In one of them stands the statue of the patron saint of the miners, Saint Barbara. In the other stands the statue of the patron saint of the church, Saint Andrew. The landowners of the village settled miners from Merano, Northern Italy, and probably they preserved their traditions of this típe of apsis here in Hungary.

References

* H. Szabó B. (1979): Árpád-kori emlékek Borsodban. Miskolc
* Gerevich T. (1938): Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. 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

Outer links

* [http://www.vendegvaro.hu/5-2834 Tornaszentandrás on a Vendégváró homepage.]
* [http://www.varak3d.hu/html/tornaszentandras.htm Images of the Tornaszentandrás romanesque church in 3D.]