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The town, which has 12 thousand inhabitants and which can be found in the centre of Kemenesalja has a history older than 750 years. On the western boundaries of the town, you can visit the remains of the abbey built in the 12th century in Roman style.

A Benedictine abbey was built in the town in the 13th century and for the 16th century, it became a famous shrine. The Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church was build in 1747- 48, while the Way of the Cross was built in 1755, which made the place a real shrine Koptik Odó, abbot made a separate chapel built for the “Csodatévő Kegyszobra” and made a treasury created above the sacristy, as well. Today the Local Government is working in the Benedictine abbey, which can be found next to the church. The Way of the Cross, built in 1755, is located behind the church and you can find the Statue of Trinity- raised in 1836- on the square next to the church.

Outstanding events in the town: Saint Patron’s Day on September 12, on the name day of Mary; Vine-harvest Days of Ság Mountain, organized in the autumn; Crater Concert in May, Theatrical Meeting and Festival organized by the Soltis Lajos Theatre; Cultural Festival of Kemenesalja; Meeting of Choirs; International Volcano- Football Festival; Trianon Remembrance Day; individual organizations by the different parts of the town: Spring Days of Alsóság and the Village Day of Izsákfa.

Sights in the town: Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, Way of the Cross, Church Ruins, Locomotive Engine Exhibition, Mary’s Well, Ceramics Exhibition of Szilágyi Mária, Cultural Centre and Library of Kemenesalja, Ság Mountain Museum.

Ság Mountain

It is a 5- million year old, 279- meter high basalt volcano, the majority of its area is a protected environmental area. Beside the built ornithological- and geological paths, the collection of Ság Mountain Museum helps to learn the environmental-, historical- and cultural values of this area.

The Trianon Remembrance Cross, which was built from donations made by the local people, was raised on the top of the Mountain in 1934 to commemorate the Peace Treaty of Trianon in 1920. Eötvös Lóránd carried out geodetical surveys on this area with the pendulum named after him. A remembrance statue was raised to remember the importance of his surveys.