About 20 kilometers from Györ, you can visit the small town of Pannonhalma:
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You can’t miss the main attraction: the Archabbey which is about 1000 years old and is located on a big hill. Parking spaces are available halfway the hill and you can visit the building individually and in groups. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the time. And that’s a bit of a pity, because I would loved to have seen the basilica and the library with more than 300.000 books.
The abbey is part of the Unesco World Heritage List:
Criterion (iv): The Monastery of Pannonhalma and its surroundings illustrate in an exceptional manner the characteristic setting, the connections with its environment, the specific structure and the organization of a Christian (Benedictine) monastery that has evolved over a thousand years of continuous use.
Criterion (vi): The Benedictine Monastery with its location and the early date of its foundation in 996 bear special witness to the diffusion of Christianity in Central Europe, which is enriched by the continuing presence of the Benedictine monks who have worked towards peace among countries and people for one thousand years.
Anyway, we only took some pictures of the exterior and continued to our next destination.
