Huszár Zoltán (szerk.): Kereszténység és államiság Baranyában (Pécs, 2000)

Valter Ilona: A magyar keresztény államiság építészeti emlékei a Dél-Dunántúlon - Zala, Somogy, Tolna megyében

one of Hungary's most important fresco cycles, commissioned by István Lackfi.

The one-time Franciscan church at Egervár was built between 1489-1546 at the behest of László Egervári, warden of the southern marches of Hungary. The church, which had suffered damage in the 17th century, was rebuilt between 1749-57 in baroque style by Ignác Szécsenyi. The outer gothic sections were uncovered during preservation restoration in 1970. The church was made exclusively of bricks, withbevelled brickwork tracery and ribs.

The Roman Catholic church at Kőröshegy, once a Franciscan monastery, was founded by the landowning Báthori family. The church is gothic style with a single nave and a smaller, polygonal chancel. The foundations of the cloisters were unearthed north of the church between 1966-67.

The chancel of the Roman Catholic church at Andocs is at once a chapel of devotion, built in 1520 to hold the devotional sculpture of the Virgin Mary. It was - and still is - a favourite place of pilgrimage. Ottó Volkra, Bishop of Veszprém, sent the Franciscans to Andocs in 1716. Preserving the gothic, curved ribs of the chancel, a new baroque nave and cloisters were built on.

GOTHIC REMAINS

Both Somogy and Tolna, especially the latter, suffered greatly from the Turkish Occupation. At the time of baroque reconstruction most of the medieval churches retained their gothic chancels, as can be seen in the villages of Apar, Decs, Felsőnyék and Szakály, or the calvary chapel at Iregszemcse. West of Regöly on the Somoly plain stands an incomplete west tower, all that remains of the 14th-century gothic church that once stood there.

Most complete is the gothic chancel of the church at Törökkoppány with its pointed arch and meshed vaulting. However, the nave has been rebuilt in 'copf, the style of Louis XVI of France.