Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
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How it came to be
Pécs in southern Hungary stands on Sopianae, a Roman provincial town founded in the early 2nd century. In the 4th century a series of decorated tombs was built in its cemetery. They have two storeys, a burial chamber underground and a memorial chapel above it, and their walls carry murals of Christian scenes.
In 1782 the first chamber was found when a Renaissance palace was pulled down. It is the tomb known for a painting of the apostles Peter and Paul pointing to the monogram of Christ. Another chamber, with a painted wine pitcher, came to light in the 18th century as cellars were dug beneath the town.
In the 20th century Otto Szőnyi and the architect István Möller continued the excavations, and in 1975 the largest mausoleum, thought to date from the 370s, was discovered. Twenty buildings and more than 500 graves have been uncovered, and the murals also show Jonah and the three young men in the furnace. The necropolis was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 2000.
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