Archabbey of Pannonhalma

Founded in 996, this Benedictine archabbey is one of the oldest historic monuments in the country and a World Heritage Site, its buildings layered from medieval, Baroque and nineteenth century periods onward. Between 2006 and 2012 the British architect renovated its thirteenth century basilica.

The work reconfigured the interior for contemporary liturgy while trying to recover the spirit and spatial quality of the original architecture, which later additions had obscured.

Onyx marks a route through the church. It begins at the font at the west end, runs through the nave to the altar and the lectern, and rises across the newly clarified sanctuary to a new rose window, the point where the sequence ends. The design team included Stefan Dold and Anna Schulenburg.