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Early Christian Mausoleum Description

In 1975-76, at the point where Janus Pannonius utca cuts through Dom tér, archaeologists stumbled upon the foundations of a chapel and east apse, and under it a 4th C Roman burial chamber. The walls of the chapel now stand above ground level, but the burial chamber remains below ground. The entrance to the latter by way of a covered staircase to the left of the chapel first leads into a small exhibition room documenting the archaeological dig. The burial chamber itself has a barrel-vaulted roof and three sarcophagi; its walls are decorated with naturalistic frescos in painted frames portraying Adam and Eve and Daniel in the Lion's Den; they date from the second half of the 4th C and are very similar to those found in the catacombs of Rome

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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin; Christian sites; Tombs, burial site; UNESCO World Heritage Site

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