Pannonhalma Archabbey is a Benedictine monastery standing on a hill above the town of Pannonhalma, in western Hungary. It was founded in 996 by Prince Geza, the father of Hungary's first Christian king, Stephen I, which makes it one of the oldest institutions in the country and an early centre of Christianity in the Carpathian Basin. Over the centuries the monks built a church, cloisters and a famous library holding hundreds of thousands of volumes, and the abbey survived Ottoman rule, fires and later political pressure on religious orders. It still runs a respected school and winery. The complex has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, together with its surrounding landscape.
Before and after
- 9th centuryOrigins of Andorra la Vella
- 9th centuryConstruction of Prague Castle
- 9th centuryConstruction of Piazza San Marco
- 9th centuryHanbalism
- 10th centuryConstruction of Pannonhalma Archabbey
- c. 907 CEOrigins of Bratislava
- from 907 CE to 960 CEFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
- from 909 CE to 1171Fatimid Caliphate
- 2 September 909 CEConstruction of Cluny Abbey
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- from 1206 to 1368Mongol Empire
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- 1473Construction of Sistine Chapel
The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes.