Calvary Hill of Bóly Traditional Cache
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Bóly is one of the most beautiful Schwab (German-Hungarian) settlements in southern Baranya. It received the city status in 1997. The first written record of Bóly dates back to 1093, but the remains of the Roman castrum found in the cemetery speaks of times more ancient.
Under the times of Turkish rule, most of its inhabitants left the area. In 1703 it became the property of Count Ádám Batthyány, while under the rule of Mária Terézia it was re-populated by German peasants, the descendants of whom live in this town even today. At the end of the 19th century, due to a marriage, the village became the property of Duke Mountenuovo and stayed theirs until 1945. Following WWII, the places left behind by the deported Germans were re-populated with Hungarians from Felvidék and Bihar.
The classicist-style castle Batthyány-Montenuovo:
(N 45° 58,1080' E 18° 30,9810' 143 m)
Originally, in the 18th century, a hunting-castle stood in its place, which was rebuilt between 1805 and 1807 in classicist style. On the outside, its plain and simple, but its inner furnishing represented all the more value in earlier centuries. The furniture originates from the palace of Napoleon I, due to his wife, Marie-Louise, who married Count Adam Adalbert Neipperg-Montenuovo after the death of Napoleon. From their marriage, William Albert Montenuovo was born, who married Júlia Batthyány. So did the empire-style furniture of the Montenuovo family find its way into the castle of Bóly – some of which are still being kept in the museum of Szekszárd. At the end of WWII, the troops passing through this area destroyed some of the furnishings, while others – along with the books – they've stolen.
Nowadays the castle houses an orphanage.
The Battyhány-Montenuovo mausoleum:
(N 45° 58,4010' E 18° 30,8920' 138 m)
The wife of William Montenuovo, countess Julianna Batthyány commissioned the building of the mausoleum in 1879. Constructed in highly artistic neo-romantic-neo-gothic style, it is a unique piece nationwide.
Four pillars of white and red marble stand on both sides of the entrance, which all support a group of embossings. Inside the building, an altair of red marble faces the entrance. In the forefront, a single pillar supports the entire choir, the loft and the dome. The final resting places for the earthly remnants of the Montenuovo family have been formed in the walls of the building.
Easter at Kálvária Hill:
(N 45° 58,4700' E 18° 31,0110' 125 m)
In 1821, the Kálvária was erected in the “Marienberg” hillside path and was finished in 1845 with the addition of the chapel. From this year forward, the holy mass of Easter Monday was always held here. After the mass, people invited each other to taste each other's wines in the nearby cellars. Later, all members of the family went out into the press houses and thereby created the tradition of the Emmausz-walk of Easter Monday, which is still being observed regularly.
Late baroque catholic church of Saint John of Nepomuk:
(N 45° 58,0550' E 18° 31,1030' 132 m)
Károly Batthyány commissioned the building of the church in 1746. An Angster-organ from 1891 can be found on the loft of the building.
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