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Pécs Cathedral & Early Christian Necropolis

Pécs, Hungary

About Pécs Cathedral & Early Christian Necropolis

A UNESCO double masterpiece — the early Christian necropolis under Pécs (4th-century Roman burial chambers with painted frescoes of Adam and Eve, Daniel, and the apostles, the oldest Christian art in Hungary) and the 11th-century cathedral above ground. Together they tell 1,700 years of religious history in one place.

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