Szalonna (village)

Szalonna
Szalonna

Location of Szalonna

Coordinates: 48°27′03″N 20°44′26″E / 48.45093°N 20.74045°E / 48.45093; 20.74045Coordinates: 48°27′03″N 20°44′26″E / 48.45093°N 20.74045°E / 48.45093; 20.74045
Country  Hungary
County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Area
  Total 20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population (2004)
  Total 1,057
  Density 52.63/km2 (136.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 3754
Area code(s) 48

Szalonna is a village in Hungary, in the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.

The Reformed church of Szalonna.

In the village there is an old architectural of Romanesque art: the church. It consists of two parts. The older is the rotunda on the east side of the recent building, which is younger, but of Árpád age - the village Romanesque church with murals. The rotunda has several relatives of this type in the Carpathian Basin: Herencsény, Bagod-Szentpál, Hidegség. A group of such extended rotunda old churches have a specific characteristic: the six folded inner structure of Karcsa, Gerény and Kiszombor.

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