Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 2004. A Kulturális Örökségvédelmi Hivatal tájékoztatója (Budapest, 2004)

MŰHELY - Szilágyi István: Az epreskerti Kálvária

begonnen haben, als Surjánszky zum Kanonikus in Esztergom ernannt wurde. Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde das ganze Ensemble abgetragen, den Bau selbst stellte man im damals als Skulpturengarten funktionierenden, heute zur Universität für Bildende Künste gehörenden Epreskert wieder auf. István SZILÁGYI: THE CALVARY OF EPRESKERT The history of the former Joseph City Calvary, better known as Epreskert Calvary was summed up by Pál Ritoók in 1994. The investigation of the further structures of the original on the analogy of other important Calvaries may help to make clear certain unanswered questions and this was uncertain, seemingly unconnected facts may have an explanation. Two aspects are investigated: first whether one or two chapels were standing originally at the territory. Sources could have the meaning that one of the chapels was the original, followed by another formed below the structure built between 1747-49. Another chapel standing to the right could have been the Holy Sepulchre chapel following the model of the one in Jerusalem. The size and interior of this latter did not made possible to celebrate a mass in it. According to the 19

th century description of Jakab Rupp it was pulled down in 1796. Secondly the history of the Calvary stations should be dealt with. Stations belonged to Calvaries much earlier. These could have been built along the former Station (today Baross) street and according to the investigation their number was seven. Modernizing them and building altogether fourteen stations was needed soon. A supplement of the 1822 year visitation mentioned that, although there were now data concerning the building and the stations. The only thing sure was that it was Antal Surjánszky, parson of Joseph City who had built the stations in the acacia grove sponsored by the parishioners in 1857. Their destruction could have begun in 1869 when Surjánszkyt was consecrated canon of Esztergom. At the end of the 19

th century the whole complex was pulled down, and the building itself was re-erected in the so called Epreskert (Strawberry Garden) serving at that time as a statue park, today belonging to the Ecademy of Fine Arts.