Saint Bartholomew Church

Saint Bartholomew Church is in the center of Gyongyos and became built in the 14th century. The locals name it the "Big Church" as its miles the metropolis and its vicinity's biggest one. Originally it was built in Gothic style, however these days it shows the traits of a Baroque Church. One of the curiosities the church has is the bronze font made across the 16th century.

The territory of ultra-modern Gyongyos changed into inhabited across the Hungarian Conquest and considering the fact that then, the downtown vicinity has constantly been the center with its religious, municipal and market facilities. By the 14th century the agreement had had a church inside the identical location as you could see the church now, however then it turned into smaller and built in Gothic style. The town turned into granted the rights of an agricultural town by way of Charles I of Hungary in 1334 upon the request of the agreement's landlord, Szechenyi Tamas. As the metropolis were developing larger and larger, the church needed to be enlarged once in a while. During the fifteenth century it becomes rebuilt once more, after which it was made into a Gothic corridor church.