Csengersima is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population of 741 people (2001).
Sightseengs
The old romanesque church from the 13th century is famous, mainly because of its coffered ceiling. There are frescoes of the celestial bodies, flowers, old Biblical scenes in a beautiful drawing and coloring manner.
References
Balogh J. (1939): A késő-gótikus és a renaissance-kor művészete. (The late-gothic and renaissance age art.) Magyar művelődéstörténet. 2. (Szerk. Domanovszky S.), Budapest Bérczi Sz, Bérczi Zs., Bérczi K. (2002): Kazettás mennyezetek. (Coffered ceilings.) Licium-Art, Debrecen Kelemen L. (1977): Művészettörténeti tanulmányok. (Studies in Art History.) Bukarest Tombor I. (1968): Magyarországi festett famennyezetek és rokonemlékek a XV-XIX. századból. (Painted Coffered Ceilings from Hungary from the 15-16th Century.) Akadémiai K. Budapest
External links
Short description about the church of Csengersima. Image from inside the church. Photographs of the beautiful church, outside and inside.
