Karcsa

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2|official_name=Karcsa


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
area_total_km2=43.68
population_total=2004
population_as_of=2004
population_density_km2=45.87
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=3963
area_code=47
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Karcsa
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latd=48.31050
longd=21.79726

Karcsa is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

ightseeing for visitors

In the village we can see an old architectural heritage from the romanesque art: the church. It consists of two parts. Older is the rotunda built with 6 sections. Younger is, - although of Árpád age - the village romanesque church with sculptures on column-capitols. The rotunda has 2 other relatives of this type in the Carpathian Basin: Gerény and Kiszombor.

Outer references

* Gerevich T. (1938): Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest
* Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest
* Gervers-Molnár, V. (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the Medieval Hungary). Akadémiai, 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
* Genthon I. (1959): Magyarország műemlékei. (Architectural Heritage of Hungray). Budapest

External links

* [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=21218 Street map] hu icon