Museum
Lapidarium - Xantus János Múzeum
The Lapidarium at the Xantus János Museum in Győr houses a remarkable collection of stone artifacts and sculptures that trace the region’s layered history. This exhibition preserves architectural fragments and monuments spanning several eras, from Roman times through the medieval period and beyond. These stone relics offer tangible traces of Győr’s development as a strategic and cultural center in northwest Hungary. Named after János Xantus, a 19th-century Hungarian zoologist and ethnographer, the museum’s lapidarium focuses specifically on preserving the city’s sculptural heritage rather than his personal work. …
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