Egy nap Pannonhalmán

Egy nap Pannonhalmán

„A monostor kísérlet arra,
hogy a világ egy pici részét ideálisan rendezzük be.”

Archabbot Cirill

PANNONHALMI ÉLMÉNYEK

PROGRAMOK

Visit to the monastery

Kiállítások

The Scent Museum

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GASTRONOMY

Pausa cukrászda

Tricollis kávézó és pizzéria

The Castle Keep Café

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NATURAL
BEAUTY

Arboretum and Herbal Garden

Saint Maurus of Pécs look-out tower

Foliage educational path

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PROGRAMOK

Visit to the monastery

FOR INDIVIDUAL VISITORS

Individual guests may use an audio-guide on their visit to the abbey or take a guided tour once or twice a day.

Foreign guests can choose audio-guide in English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Slovakian, Polish, Japanese, Dutch, Chinese or Spanish languages.

English or German speaking groups are guided by local guides of TriCollis Booking Centre in English and German languages. The travel guide arriving with the group is only permitted to interpret the Hungarian guide in case of groups speaking multiple languages.

FOR GROUPS

Previously arranged groups are welcome at the Archabbey, and can choose from the following programmes in addition to the guided tour of the abbey:

  • Visit to the Winery
  • Visit to the Arboretum and Herbal Garden látogatás
  • Museum pedagogy programmes
  • Visit to the Scent Museum
  • Tasting Benedictine products
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VISIT TO THE SCENT MUSEUM

The garden as a place, the herbs as images of the wealth of the created world, and the products as cures for the body and the soul all serve to benefit people. God created them so that joy, happiness and hope would accompany us through our lives.

The first scent museum was opened in Pannonhalma in 2021. The museum offers an interactive insight into the botanical and growing characteristics, as well as the uses of the five herbs traditionally grown in the herbal garden of the Archabbey (French lavender, sage, lemon balm, thyme and peppermint). Additionally, seven scents are also presented at the exhibition (such asfrankincense, musk and rose) that have been used to make perfumes for thousands of years in different parts of the world. During the guided tour, visitors are given a deep insight into the technology used in growing the plants, the distillation of essential oils, as well as in the manufacture of the products.

A Illatmúzeum előzetes bejelentkezéssel 10 fő feletti csoportok számára látogatható.

GASTRONOMY

Pausa Cukrászda

2014 nyarán a Viator Apátsági Étterem égisze alatt kezdte meg működését a Pausa Cukrászda, amely az éttereméhez hasonló alapelvek mentén cukrászdai és kávéházi kultúrát kíván építeni Pannonhalmán és tágabb környezetében. A Pausa Cukrászda a gyógynövénykertben várja vendégeit, teraszáról csodálatos panoráma nyílik a Főapátság épületére.

Cukrászdánk természetes alapanyagokból készített minőségi süteményekkel, kávéval, teával és bencés vendégszeretettel várja a pannonhalmi kirándulás során rövid pihenőt tartó utazókat és mindazokat, akiknek szívügyük a minőségi gasztronómia. Nevéhez hűen a Pausa egy kis szünetet biztosít a vendégeinek, akik az UNESCO világörökségi helyszín ölelésében tapasztalhatják meg ízekben és látványban egyaránt az ezeréves múlt és a jelen találkozását.

A gyógynövénykert békéjét és páratlan kilátását a nyáron sokszor felváltják a zenei és gasztronómiai programok, a színes kulturális élet pedig a jövőben is állandó vendége marad a Pausa cukrászdának.

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Tricollis pizzéria és kávézó

A Tricollis kávézó és pizzéria a Pannonhalmi Főapátság közvetlen közelében, a monostort és a Boldogasszony-kápolnát összekötő úton található. Vendégeinket hamisítatlan nápolyi pizzák, frissen pörkölt kávékülönlegességek és a Pausa cukrászda egyedi süteményei várják, mindez páratlan környezetben, ahol a bencés vendégszeretet és a minőségi alapanyagok találkoznak. A Tricollis egy hely, ahol a látogatók megpihenhetnek és élvezhetik a finom ízeket, miközben a pannonhalmi táj szépsége tárul eléjük.

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Várköri Kávézó​

Not only can you walk round the Archabbey on the monastery circular walk, but you can also refresh yourself with a coffee or some other beverage. As the last port of call on your visit to the monastery the café is a perfect choice if you wish to refresh yourself with a coffee or some other beverage before setting off on your journey home.

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NATURAL
BEAUTY

ARBORETUM AND HERB GARDEN

The history of the arboretum reaches back to the times when the abbey was established, so it was the first of the known historical Hungarian gardens. In the olden days monks grew and collected medicine plants with great care. There were approx. 80 tree and bush species in the arboretum of the abbey in 1830 which was designed as an English landscape garden by Fábián Szeder in the 1840s.

There are hundreds of tree and bush species today in the protected area constituting part of the 22-hectare Pannonhalma Nature Conservation Area and most of these are particular rarities in our country.

The Arboretum is a place for recreation but regular education and research work takes place here as well. In the past centuries, approx. one hundred and fifty bird species have been recorded during the observations in the arboretum and its surroundings.

The Arboretum and Herbal Garden can be visited free of charge all year round. You can walk your dogs and other pets on a leash in the garden.

We recommend our booklet “Under the Skies around the Monastery” for the family walk.

SAINT MAURUS OF PÉCS LOOK-OUT TOWER

A multi-storey observation platform has been built in the woodland around the monestary in the Sokoró hills by the local forestry commission (Kisalföldi Erdőgazdaság Zrt.) The look-out tower standing on the first little hill to the South of the Archabbey complex was handed over in 2012, and was named after the first Hungarian prelate. St. Maurus was born around 1000 and he belonged to the first generation of Hungarian Benedictine monks, and he was also the first student at Pannonhalma who we know of by name.

Depending on the growth of the surrounding trees we can see the views from the tower at a height of 20 metres. The rolling Sokoró Hills and the town of Pannonhalma lying below, and the basin of the same name, are visible, but when the weather is clear, the Northern lines of the Bakony region can also be seen. Information boards with photos are placed out to help identify the parts of the landscape.

FOLIAGE EDUCATIONAL PATH

The look-out tower and the abbey are connected by a footpath and you can learn about the curiosities of Pannonhalma on the educational path. This educational path was extended with a special point of interest in spring 2018: you can enjoy the beauty of the landscape below from an almost 80-metre walkway running above the treetops. The wood-covered metal structured walkway forms one of the most ancient Christian symbols: the fish. The tail of the fish is the way up from the educational path and the way down brings visitors back to the same educational path. You can see the Pannonhalma buildings and the hilly landscape behind them from the look-out point at the head of the fish.

Gallery

ST. MARTIN'S BASILICA
The present building is the abbey's third church, and it incorporates the remains of previous ones. The consecration of the first building dates to the Deed of Gift issued by King Stephen I. of Hungary in 1002.
ST. MARTIN'S BASILICA
Most of what can currently be seen of St. Martin's Basilica in Pannonhalma was built in the early 13th century in the Gothic style under the direction of Abbot Uros (1207-1243). However, according to the latest archaeological research it also includes the wall remains of earlier buildings. It was probably consecrated in 1224.
ST. MARTIN'S BASILICA
Preparations to restore the building to something closer to the original Gothic church began in 1996. The monks hired a British architect, John Pawson, to plan the work.
ST. MARTIN'S BASILICA
The interior of the church was renovated on the basis of the British architect's designs to provide a suitable space for the liturgy following the Second Vatican Council.
LIBRARY
The library has been an important part of the monastery since it was founded. According to an instrument from around 1090, close to 80 volumes of codices were registered at Pannonhalma by the end of the 11th century.
LIBRARY
The collection consisted of over 4000 volumes when the monastery was closed in 1786.
LIBRARY
The Archive is as old as the monastery itself. In addition to three documents issued by Ladislaus I of Hungary, the earliest document in the Hungarian language, the Establishing charter of the Abbey of Tihany issued in 1055, as well as the first Hungarian papal document, the papal bull of Pope Paschal II issued in 1102, are kept here.
PORTA SPECIOSA
The Porta Speciosa was constructed in the 13th century to replace an earlier entrance in the southern side-aisle of the church, the only example to have survived intact in Hungary.The gate leads into the church from the cloister corridor (quadrum).
CLOISTER
The cloister is one of the centres of life in the monastery from which most of the important community spaces can be entered, and it is where the monks gather for the liturgy, entering the basilica through the Porta Speciosa for the chant, the mass and processions, which were held here in the Middle Ages as well.
CLOISTER
The internal garden surrounded by the cloister was once known as the paradise garden (Paradisum) and it was stocked with herbs. The water reservoir remains in the middle to this day.
MILLENNIUM MEMORIAL
Seven millennium memorials were built for the 1000th anniversary of “The Conquest of our Homeland” (Honfoglalás), in memory of the seven Hungarian tribes. One of these memorials is to be found at Pannonhalma.
VIRGIN MARY CHAPEL
Originally, the chapel was the parish church for the non Hungarian-speaking people living around the abbey.
VIRGIN MARY CHAPEL
The single-aisle church has a North-South orientation, and its northern facade is closed by a triangular gable. The wooden ridge turret accommodating the bell was constructed above this. A small sacristy is connected to the chancel from the East.
ABBEY ARBORETUM AND HERBAL GARDEN
The history of the arboretum reaches back to the times when the abbey was established, so it is the oldest known historical Hungarian garden.
ABBEY ARBORETUM AND HERBAL GARDEN
The monks of bygone eras grew and collected medicinal plants with great care.
ABBEY ARBORETUM AND HERBAL GARDEN
Several recipes from Benedictine pharmacists living in Pannonhalma in the 17th and 18th centuries have been preserved that can still be used to produce a variety of medicinal products.
FOLIAGE EDUCATIONAL PATH
Built in 2018, the Foliage Educational Path is one of the most recent curiosities at the Abbey of Pannonhalma. The educational path is located in the Nature Conservation area of Pannonhalma. One special characteristic of the path, which leads to a look-out point, is that it forms a fish which is the symbol of Christianity.