Pannonhalma

The "most ancient Hungarian house", a treasure of the history of Hungarian architecture, the Benedictine High Abbey has stood for a thousand years on St. Martin's Mount, called in the Middle Ages the Holy Mount of Pannonia. UNESCO declared the abbey a World Heritage worthy of preservation. The 13th-century basilica is a venue for organ concerts today.
Its star-studded Gothic sanctuary, chapels and crypt inaugurated in 1001 - with the only medieval cloister in Hungary preserved in full - the wonderful Renaissance carvings of the red-marble porta speciosa, the 360-volume Benedictine library, which is one of the largest in the entire world, its archive (in which is kept the first written use of the Hungarian language, the deed of foundation of the Tihany Abbey dated 1055), as well as its scientific and art collections, represent a priceless value.

Periodic exhibitions are held in the Gallery of the Pannonhalma High Abbey (1. Var), and the opulent numismatic collection includes a number of Roman coins. The teaching Order of Benedictines continues to pass on knowledge: a high school and students' hostel function in the monastery.
Opposite the entrance of the monastery there is the protected arboretum of the abbey. The Monument of the Millennium was erected 100 years ago for the 1000th anniversary of the conquest of present-day Hungarian territory.

Getting there:
From the M1 motorway at Gyor take route 82. The turn-off to Pannonhalma is about 15 km from here.

Source: Nr. 1. hungarytourism.hu

Millenarian Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment (1996) The history of the abbey, built on the holy mount of the Roman province of Pannonia (Mons Sacer Pannonia), is as old as the history of Hungary...