Entz Géza Antal - Sisa József (szerk.): Fejér megye művészeti emlékei - István Király Múzeum közelményei. A. sorozat 34. (Székesfehérvár, 1998)
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THE HISTORIC MONUMENTS OF FEJÉR COUNTY Edited by G. A. Entz and J. Sisa A joint publication of the Insitute of Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest) and King Saint Stephen Museum (Székesfehérvár), sponsored by the National Fund of Scientific Research (project No. T 021122), the Board of Applied Arts of the National Cultural Fund, the Museum Society of Fejér County, and the Society for the Embellishment and Protection of Székesfehérvár. This book is a survey of the historic monuments of Fejér county, omitting its seat, Székesfehérvár. Along with the buildings their furnishings are also included, as well as freestanding statues and monuments. The time limit of the survey is c. 1970. The towns and villages are listed alphabetically in accordance with the present administrative division; historical names, as well as persons and iconographical subjects can be looked up in the indexes. The maps of the villages are based on cadastral maps from the 1880s. Fejér county is situated at the centre of the country, i.e. in the northwestern section of Transdanubia, not far from of Budapest. Its topography is greatly varied, the northern third being mostly montainous, the southern two thirds just slightly undulating. The area of the present-day county has been inhabited since the 5th millenium B.C. In the 1st century A.D. it was incorporated into the newly-established Pannonia province of the Roman Empire. In the 2nd century the limes, a fortified line protecting the Empire along the Danube River was created; within this system three military camps and, at regular intervals, several watch towers were put up in today's Fejér county. Of these only the remains of the military camp Intercisa (now in Dunaújváros) have been unearthed. The camp, having an oblong plan, was remodelled in the 4th century to include fane-shaped towers at the corners. A town called Gorsium (near modern Tác) has been systematically excavated since 1958. It is, beside Aquincum in Budapest, the largest and most important ensemble of Roman ruins in Hungary. The definitive charactarization of the settlement and its buildings is not yet possible due to incomplete research and the lack of conclusive evidence. It is known, however, that a military camp was laid out here in the 1st century, while the construction of the city, related in some way to Hadrian's personal interests, began in 106. The town, which had a large sanctuary precinct in its centre complete with a large temple, was a centre of the imperial cult and in due course also that of civilian administration. Other buildings catered to the needs of travellers; the town was located at an important junction. In the 3rd century stone buildings replaced wattle and mud houses. After the fall of the Roman Empire Huns, Germanic and Avar tribes conquered the area in turn. It was only at the beginning of the 8th century that permanent villages were built here with pit dwellings having roofs supported with piles. Fejér county as an administrative unit of the newly-founded Kingdom of Hungary was created in the early 11th century; at that time its area extended beyond the Danube. It had a central position within the country, and its seat, Fehérvár (called Székesfehérvár in modern times) was the place of coronation and burial for the Hungarian kings. Two large monasteries were built in the county in the early times (at Pentele and Ercsi), which were swept away by later historical events. Their fate was shared by virtually all later medieval structures, of which now only fragmets and small sections survive. Some of them form parts of later churches, such as those at Fehérvárcsurgó or Sárszentmihály, or stand by themselves, e.g. at 165
