The Mausoleum Of Jalna Photo: Mausoleum Of Jalna

After the death in 1900 of the founder of the factory of Zsolnay of Vilmos Jalna on top of a small hill near the factory, his son built the mausoleum. At this place in the distant past was the scaffold, but the family Zolnai chose his last resting place for the father of the family, because here Vilmos often spent their free time.

The building is in the Romanesque style is a chapel and a burial chamber with sarcophagus decorated with. The facade of the mausoleum is lined progranichnoe tiles and the dome is lined with dark green glasses. The altar inside the chapel and the walls are also decorated with colorful tiles. Interior decoration of the mausoleum is a picture of blue sky, cherubim, and a gold star.

The coffin of Vilmos Jalna was placed in a crypt in 1913, and in 1919 he was followed by his wife Theresa bell. In the 80 years the tomb has been vandalized, after which in 1986, the couple were reburied in the cemetery in pécs. Today in the crypt lie the only remains of the son of Vilmos – miklós.

Complete reconstruction of the mausoleum, with the exception of the roof was carried out in the framework of the year of recognition of the pécs European capital of culture. It included not only the repair of the building, but also the promenade and the road leading to the mausoleum is decorated with lions and a fence.

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