Sopron, Saint Wolfgang castle church and national memorial site (Balf)

The church, erected in the 12th-14th century, stands in the cemetery which is bounded by stone wall with loopholes and where a steep road leads to. The tower of the church is accessible across a vaulted "castle gate" served as a watchtower before, and from its Gothic windows the whole landscape of Fertő can be viewed. The fields between the medieval stone ridges of the temple and the triumphal arch is decorated by wall paintings made in the 20th century. The painting behind the altar depicts Bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg who lived in the 10th century, who did missionary work also in Hungary and who was the tutor of Blessed Gisela, the Queen of Hungary.

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