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| Producer: | Augustine's Virtual Organs |
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| Country: | Hungary |
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| Manuals: | 2 |
| Pedalboard: | Yes |
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Description: |
Bodajk was already an inhabited settlement in the Roman and Avar times. In the early Middle Ages, the famous well of the place was the Holy-fountain, which, according to legend, dries up every seven years and is reborn one year later. The spring had a healing reputation and was already considered a place of farewell pilgrimage, the kings of the time also visited it, and St. István had a small chapel built next to the spring. The chapel turned out to be small over time, so the Moorish Capuchins built a very beautiful baroque church between 1737 and 1768. This is the Church of Our Lady of Help at All Times. The icon of the church is a copy of Lucas Cranach's icon of Innsbruck, which Countess Colloredo donated to the chapel in 1695. The church had a small baroque organ-positive, which was built in the 20th century. was destroyed by the beginning of the century. The Calvary and the Way of the Cross were built on the hill next to the church in 1736, which was recently reconstructed in its original state and is one of the most beautiful Ways of the Cross in Hungary. The beautifully renovated church received the rank of Basilica Minor from Pope Francis in 2023. In 1910, an one manual and pedal organ with 10 registers was added to the church, which was made by the Rieger Organ Factory in Budapest. This organ was completely depreciated by the beginning of the 21st century. The new and young parish priest of the church, Tamás Morocz, who is an organist himself, organized a collection and received not only money, but also the pipes of old organs dismantled from Austria. Based on his plans, the organ builder Péter Takács built the new organ with a baroque layout, on a minimal budget. |
| # of uploads with organ: | 4 |
| # of users uploaded using organ: | 1 |
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Cantabile E-Dur (No. 5 from “Préludes, Fugues et Autres Pièces pour L'Orgue”, Brussels 1778) (Popup Player) |
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