Ják
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{{Infobox settlement
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|image_flag = Flag of Ják.svg
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|image_skyline = Ják templom.jpg
|image_caption = The parish church of Ják, consecrated by Amadeus Pok in 1256
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official_name=Ják|
subdivision_type1=County|
subdivision_name1=Vas|
area_total_km2=44.95|
population_total=2475|
population_as_of=2004|
population_density_km2=55.06|
postal_code_type=Postal code|
postal_code=9798|
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|website = https://jak.hu/
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Ják is a village in Vas County, on the western boundary of Hungary.
Church of Saint George
The parish church of Ják is the best preserved Romanesque church in Hungary.{{cite book | last=Prikryl | first=R. | title=Dimension Stone 2004 - New Perspectives for a Traditional Building Material: Proceedings of the International Conference in Dimension Stone 2004, 14-17 June, Prague, Czech Republic | publisher=CRC Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-0-203-02449-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDKI1V_Ph10C&pg=PA92 | access-date=2024-02-21 | page=92}} It was originally built as the church of a Benedictine monastery. The village church at that time was a rotunda in front of the façade of the main doorway of Ják church.
Both outside and inside the church is adorned with rich sculptures. The 3 naves and 3 apses are formed in a basilica structure. Columnar capitals are sculptured by plant and some animal ornamentation.
The rotunda has been built with 4 apses and 2 floors.
Photo gallery
File:Jákitemplom-34.JPG
File:Apátsági templom (8941. számú műemlék) 9.jpg
File:Apátsági templom (8941. számú műemlék) 10.jpg
File:Apátsági templom (8941. számú műemlék) 3.jpg|Saint George's Abbey, Ják
Image:Jaki templomcivertanlegi3.jpg
File:Jákitemplom-16.JPG
File:San Mateo en la Iglesia de Ják.jpg|Medieval relief of Saint Matthew in the Church of Ják (13th century).
File:Ják homlokzat.jpg
File:Ják church.jpg
File:Szt. Jakab-kápolna (14886. számú műemlék) 3.jpg|Saint James's Chapel, Ják
Notable people
- Dezső Novák (1939 – 2014), Hungarian footballer
References
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- Aradi N. (Ed.): A művészet története Magyarországon. (The History of Arts in Hungary). Gondolat, Budapest
- Fülep L. (Ed.): A magyarországi művészet története. (The History of the Hungarian Arts). Budapest
- Gerevich T.: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938.
- Gerő L. : Magyar műemléki ABC. Budapest, 1984
- Gervers-Molnár, V. (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the Medieval Hungary). Akadémiai, Budapest
- Henszlmann, I. (1876): Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése, (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest
- Marosi E.: A román kor művészete, (Art of the Romanesque Ages). Corvina, Budapest, 1972, {{ISBN|963-13-2000-6}}
External links
{{Commons category|Ják}}
- [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=13958 Street map] {{in lang|hu}}
- [http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=254 Aerial photographs of Ják]
{{Szombathely District}}
{{Vas County}}
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Category:Populated places in Vas County
Category:Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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