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aramat Says: Florian was born in 250 AD and as a soldier, he rose to the position of chief of the fire brigade. Later he became a Christian and professed his faith, so he was sentenced to to burned at the stake. But the soldiers had trouble to light the fire and Florian had to be...
aramat Says: Close to the church, there is a pleasant playground with nice hand-carved wooden equipment. It looks interesting and it's fun for kids and even for adults.
aramat Says: This church is one of the oldest and best preserved church of the Order of Premontre, built in its current form around 1230 in early gothic style. The original building underwent a significant restoration in the 18th century when baroque style frescoes were painted by Istvan...
aramat Says: In Turje, most families have a smaller or bigger vineyard in the surrounding hills ("on the Hill", one would say). The view is pretty from most of these places, particularly because the church dominates the landscape, and quite good wines might be found. I liked very much...
aramat Says: Turje is indeed famous for its church: it's an impressive brick building (brick was rarely used as construction material in the Middle Ages), visible from long distances and a great symbol of the village.On the picture you can see the old clocks that were removed from the...
Vendeghaz (Guesthouse): Rural tourism
aramat Says: The small guesthouse offers 3 rooms for altogether 8 persons, and a nice garden to relax with a little pool. It's a 3-sunflower guesthouse (sunflowers are used instead of stars in the classification of rural accommodation in Hungary). The host is Mr. Istvan Laszlo.
aramat Says: Ordinary graveyards are usually not places visited by tourists, even though they reflect the culture of a community. (Certain old cemeteries are, of course, exceptions and very much visited, like the Pere Lachaise in Paris or the Colón in Havana or the Cities of the Dead in...
aramat Says: This is my grand-grandparents grave. We visit it every year on All Saints day, bring flowers and light candles.
aramat Says: The Hill - "a hegy" - where most families have their vineyards is a nice place for a walk as well. This crucifix is on the Upper Hill (Felsohegy).
aramat Says: There is a nice view from anywhere on the Upper Hill. The church can be also seen, I just didn't include it in this picture. This photo was taken during the wine harvest in 1997. It was a lovely day, we were lucky with the weather. The little house in the middle was my...
aramat Says: This is the main street of Turje, leading to the centre. It goes uphill and even if it doesn't look too steep (particularly not on the picture), it's not very easy to ride up a bycicle and when I was a kid, with my friends it was a challenge to do it
aramat Says: An other example of rural life is that some of the corncobs were dried outside, hanging on the well. I think it's a nice, warm sight, typical of the late summer colours in Turje.
aramat Says: Turje is an authentic village, so visiting it gives a glimpse of life in the countryside in Hungary. Most familes have a few domestic animals, cats and dogs, and also poultry and pigs, sometimes cattle as well. These were my grandma's hens and here they were longingly...
Turje - my grandparents' village
Turje (with an umlaut on the "u", but if I type the right Hungarian character, it looks "?" in VT) is the place where my grandparents used to live and I've been there many-many times. Now only my...
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