{"id":1741,"date":"2026-11-03T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/?page_id=1741"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:58:34","slug":"csiksomlyo-to-the-thousand-year-border","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peregrinus.hu\/en\/zarandokutvonalak\/csiksomlyotol-az-ezereves-hatarig\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3 to the Thousand-Year Border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A one-day journey east from Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3 to the former eastern border of historic Hungary. On the way, the St Ladislaus memorial awaits on the slope of Kicsi-Pog\u00e1ny-havas above Cs\u00edksz\u00e9pv\u00edz, and the final stop is Kontum\u00e1c in Gyimesb\u00fckk: the mother church of the Gyimes valley, the R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Castle and railway guardhouse No. 30.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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49 km<\/b>total distance<\/span><\/div>\n
approx. 1 h 5 min<\/b>driving time<\/span><\/div>\n
3<\/b>stops<\/span><\/div>\n
1 day<\/b>suggested time<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Route in Google Maps<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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Stops along the route<\/h2>
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    Pilgrimage Church and Franciscan Friary \u2013 Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3<\/a><\/h3>\n

    The Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady of the Visitation is one of the best-known Hungarian places of pilgrimage, welcoming several hundred thousand pilgrims a year. The present twin-towered Baroque church was built between 1804 and 1876 and has been a basilica since 1948. Its greatest treasure is the 227-centimetre statue of the Virgin Mary carved from lime wood in the early 16th century.<\/p>\n

    It is worth walking up to the saddle between the two Somly\u00f3 hills, where the open-air Mass of the Whitsun pilgrimage is held.<\/p>\n

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  2. 11 km \u00b7 approx. 15 min by car<\/span><\/li>\n
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    St Ladislaus Memorial on Pog\u00e1ny-havas \u2013 Cs\u00edksz\u00e9pv\u00edz<\/a><\/h3>\n

    Above Cs\u00edksz\u00e9pv\u00edz, on the lower slope of Kicsi-Pog\u00e1ny-havas, the ruins of a chapel forgotten for centuries preserve the memory of St Ladislaus. Today a bell tower stands beside them, and on the knight-king's feast day the village's pilgrimage leads here. The 17th-century chapel ruins were excavated in 2010; the bell tower was blessed in 2012.<\/p>\n

    The memorial site can only be reached on foot. The 8.5-km \u201cSprings over hill and dale\u201d educational trail starts in the village centre and leads past the memorial site to F\u00fcg\u00e9s-tet\u0151; allow a few hours for the hike.<\/p>\n

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  4. 38 km \u00b7 approx. 50 min by car<\/span><\/li>\n
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    Church of the Assumption at Kontum\u00e1c \u2013 Gyimesb\u00fckk<\/a><\/h3>\n

    The mother church of the Gyimes valley was founded by the Franciscans of Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3 in 1782, beside the former quarantine station (contumacia). Nearby stand the R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Castle, rebuilt in 2026, and No. 30, the easternmost guardhouse of the Hungarian State Railways, built in 1897.<\/p>\n

    A side road of a few hundred metres leads to the church from national road 12. Administratively, Gyimesb\u00fckk belongs to Bac\u0103u County.<\/p>\n

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    Good to know<\/h3>\n