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Szent Kereszt felmagasztalása-templom
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Szent Kereszt felmagasztalása-templom

The Szent Kereszt felmagasztalása-templom, locally known as Kálvária templom, stands as a roman Catholic church on a hill in Kőszeg. Its start date is 1729, placing it in the early 18th century as a product of Baroque church-building that shaped faith-scapes across rural Hungary. This pilgrimage church on the Kálvária hill reflects a devotional landscape where believers traverse stations of the Cross, a common feature of calvaries that connect architecture, prayer, and processional life. The chapel’s name, translating to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, signals its central sacred focus: the cross as the instrument of salvation celebrated in the liturgical calendar, especially around Holy Week. …

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