Prekmurje is the north-eastern corner of Slovenia between the Mura river and the Hungarian border; an autochthonous Hungarian community still lives around Lendava (Lendva).
Its medieval churches decorated with frescoes – such as the pilgrimage church of Turnišče (Bántornya) or the rotunda of Selo (Nagytótlak) – are closely related to the churches of the neighbouring Őrség and Göcsej regions and reflect their shared medieval heritage.
Shrines and churches
Turnišče (Bántornya)Church of the Assumption – Turnišče (Bántornya)The most important pilgrimage church of Prekmurje: its medieval part is covered with frescoes painted by Johannes Aquila in 1383.Selo (Nagytótlak)St Nicholas Rotunda – Selo (Nagytótlak)One of the oldest buildings in Prekmurje: a 13th-century round church standing in the fields, with 14th–15th-century frescoes.Lendava (Lendva)Holy Trinity Chapel – Lendavske Gorice (Lendvahegy)A Baroque chapel on the vine-covered hill above Lendava, whose crypt, according to tradition, holds the mummified body of one of the castle’s defenders.
