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Lébény

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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
81.36 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:59 PM

County
  
Győr-Moson-Sopron

Postal code
  
9155

Population
  
3,173 (2004)

Area code
  
96

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 69% Humidity

Lébény is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, midway between Mosonmagyaróvár and Győr, Hungary. It has a Romanesque monastic church commenced in 1208. Similar family or clan-financed medieval Hungarian monastic churches can be found in Ják, Ócsa, Nyírbátor, Harina and Mălâncrav.

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Romanesque Church

St. James's parochial church was originally built for a community of Benedictine monks. Its nave with two aisles and three apses form a basilica structure. The capitals of the columns inside are carved with plant ornamentation.

Further detail

  • Gerő László (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. Budapest,
  • Gervers-Molnár Vera (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the Medieval Hungary). Akadémiai, Budapest
  • Henszlmann Imre: Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése, Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1876.
  • Street map (Hungarian)

    • References

    Lébény Wikipedia
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