Ják Chapel

Budapest


The little church with the jungly, overgrown cloister opposite Vajdahunyad Castle is called Ják Chapel because its intricate, many-layered portal was copied from the 13th-century Abbey Church in Ják in western Hungary. The interior is far less impressive.

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