Sárospatak - Parish Church

The parish church of the "Immaculate Conception", which originally joined directly on to the north town wall, at the northern end of the Kádár Kata utca, was built as a Gothic basilica and rebuilt at the close of the 15th C as a triple-naved church. Of interest are the tombstones in the north nave and the Baroque high altar with the representation of the Immaculate Conception in the altarpiece. To the south of the church the foundations of a round chapel from the 11th C, possibly that of a royal residence, can be seen. The modern bronze sculpture on the square in front of the parish church is the work of the Hungarian sculptor Imre Varga in memory of St Elisabeth (1207-31), later married to the Landgrave of Thuringia, daughter of the Árpád King Andreas II.