The Ambulatory of Zalavar

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    Zalavár, known as Mosaburg in Carolingian period, was the seat of a local prince who ruled over considerable parts of Pannonia. During the last few decades a large three-aisled church was excavated with a multi-storied western part and a complicated sanctuary. The semicircular apse was encircled by an ambulatory with rectangular spaces attached to it. The rooms between these annexes were open to the exterior and filled with human bones. Since the dating of this building can be fixed to the ninth century, it can be regarded as the first known ambulatory with radiating chapels, preceding all comparable examples (e.g. Clermont-Ferrand, Tournus, and Tours).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)161-170
    Number of pages10
    JournalHortus Artium Mediaevalium
    Volume15
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2009

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