Castle district, Veszprem Photo

Photographer’s Note

Roman Catholic cathedral of St Michael, Szent Mihály (on the right side)

The building which has 11th-century Romanesque origins was extended with a Gothic sanctuary and undercroft in the late 14th century. The current form of this church consecrated to St Michael is neo-Romanesque.
It is here where the statue of Giselle was placed, a gift of the Bavarian city of Passau. Under the statue the relics of the forearm bone of Blessed Giselle, also a gift of Passau, can be seen. The first Hungarian queen consort was from Bavaria. Under the elevated sanctuary there is an old undercroft where the grave of Bishop Peter Beriszló, also a famous general in the fight against the Turkish, can be visited. The sarcophagus of the great bishop Martin Padányi Bíró is located in a burial vault to the side.
Defining the castle and the cityscape, the original cathedral was commissioned by the state-founding King St Stephen I and his wife Giselle. The only thing we know for sure about the original church is its ground plan in 1572. Using the original plans, Count Imre Esterházy had the church rebuilt in a Baroque style. The count had the following Latin inscription made into the western facade, Devotion beautified me from ruins - a chronostichon, meaning the added numeric value of the inscription's Latin characters indicates the year of construction. Bishop Károly Hornig had this building reconstructed between 1907 and 1910 under the direction of Sándor Aigner, drawing on its original Romanesque form. This is how the Romanesque-style cathedral came into existence within the Baroque castle. The original stones were built into the church walls and the Gothic nature of the sanctuary was retained.

Franciscan Church, Ferencesek temploma (on he left side)

The first Franciscan monks arrived in Veszprem at the beginning of the 1680s. Their first sanctuary, a small house and chapel built on the site where the today's church and monastery stand, burnt down along with the whole Castle.
The building works of the new monastery started in 1722 whereas the next year the monks began to build a church as well. The monastery was enlarged by another storey and was connected to the church. Italian pictures decorate the walls of the refectory since more than 200 years.
The significance of the church is that the poet and monk Pal Anyos was buried in its crypt.
(Source:Vendégváró)

AiresSantos, dareco, Paolo, dip, carper, salvator, snunney, azaf1, ChrisJ, mikolaj_kawa, PixelTerror, jlbrthnn, Cretense, paura, Photo65Net, jjcordier, Graal, bakes888 has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

AiresSantos (41220) 2008-05-28 1:18

Hi George
Again wonderful vivid colours in this beautiful picture.
Superbly managed the light. I like it
TFS and have a nice day

aadilj (17950) 2008-05-28 1:20

That sky seems like a royal blue inkpot! Absolutely pleasing to the eye and superbly captured with a lovely pov and great view of the architecture.

dareco (17024) 2008-05-28 1:27

Very nice pov and very sharp colors! These buildings are so very beautiful!! The lighting is really good. TFS and have a happy day!

Paolo (40633) 2008-05-28 1:29

Hi George, another beautiful iew in this excellent series about the beautiful cities of Hungary. Colorful, excellent quality, perfect PO and great composition too.
thanks, ciao

dip (12406) 2008-05-28 1:30

Hi George,
very good pov and framing,the lighting is amazing here!
good perspective too,
well done,
Dimitris.

carper (63968) 2008-05-28 1:39

I like it George,
very nice pov here, the lines are good and the composition is nice good contrast and colours, fine photojob,. have a nice day.
gr. jaap

snunney (33988) 2008-05-28 1:55

Hello George,
A splendid capture of these twin churches. A well chosen point of view and good use of the vertical format. Exceptional clarity with very good light and colours.

azaf1 (15541) 2008-05-28 1:59

Hi george
A perfect perspective and sharp capture of St Michael. I love the colors and the eveyday mood combined with the old constructions
TFs
Argiris

jurek1951 (25708) 2008-05-28 2:00

Hi George,

What a beautiful place,
great details and colours, beautifull prespective,
excellent image,
Georg

salvator (18743) 2008-05-28 2:07

Hi George,
Wonderfully captured with superb details and superb sharp details. The blue of the sky is absolutely wonderful.
Best regards. Salvator.

mikolaj_kawa (29344) 2008-05-28 2:50

Hello George! Very nice scene. Good POV. Original architecture. Beautiful light and colors. Good capture. Well done!

ChrisJ (69430) 2008-05-28 2:51

Hi George

Good choice of a vertical format, with superb color & sharpness, in this outstanding streetscape. Nice symmetry & graphism of the 2 towers. Tfs!

danyy (67882) 2008-05-28 3:39

Bonjour George,
Je reste stupéfait de la propreté des villes des pays comme la Hongrie, la Tchequie, la Slovaquie, des exemples à suivre, quand je pense qu'à Liege(BE) il est difficile de prendre des photos sans avoir de la crasse au sol et sur les murs.
Un très bel endroit donc, très pur, bien éclairé.
Tu as parfaitement capturé ces lumières d'ailleurs, elles sont douce. Un magnifique ciel coiffe le tout.
Regards.
daniel.

PixelTerror (85994) 2008-05-28 4:39

Hi George,
This town seems to have great heritage value and I wonder how often they clean the buildings... Nice street perspective under a luminous pleasant sky, you might want to fix a bit the vertical on the left.
Have a nice day JY

UnTrained (0) 2008-05-28 6:37

Szia George,
nice juxtapositioning of the two towers of different churches now also put together in one capture. Good depth and some added life in that clear and warm capture.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

jlbrthnn (36802) 2008-05-28 7:28

Hello George,
I immediately recognize your way of working. A very beautiful image, like always of a great interest and technically perfect. Cheer.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

Cretense (54654) 2008-05-28 8:35

Hi George!

Excellent architecture photo, these 2 towers seem to be in some kind of a competition. great framing and composition, fantastic colours! Great light managment, although there is a big part of the photo in shadow, nothing is too dark! Congratulations!

Hercules

TGULUMSER (12406) 2008-05-28 12:08

Hello George,
Colors are wonderful as your other shots. Very nice architecture,
Best regards,
Tulay

paura (37722) 2008-05-28 12:37

George,
Nice shot, friend, from this interesting place. The tower are really interesting. Lighting and colors settings are very nice.

Abraço

Paulo

Photo65Net (43084) 2008-05-28 14:19

Salut George,
Superb architecture, and your compo of the two towers is superb.
Great one,
Regards,
JB.

jjcordier (24046) 2008-05-28 23:09

George
Encore une magnifique photo de cette superbe ville, lumineuse et colorée.
Amicalement
JJ

Graal (57208) 2008-05-28 23:51

Jó napot George,
an interesting architecture, fine sight on the cathedral and church. Excellent quality of photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

bakes888 (18055) 2008-05-29 23:36

Hi George. Great photo. Well composed and well chosen vertical format. You have nicely saturated colours and good sharpness in this shot also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.