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Chapel of St James & St Michael's Church
At the top of the Lővér Hills, is St Michael's Church (Szent Mihály-templom). Behind St Michael's Church to the south is the little Romanesque-Gothic Chapel of St James (Szent Jakab-kápolna), the oldest structure in Sopron and originally an ossuary. Not much escaped the Stornos' handiwork when they 'renovated' St Michael's - they even added the spire. Check out the lovely polychrome Stations of the Cross (1892) in the churchyard and the large number of tombstones with German family names.
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Chapter Hall
Beneath the Goat Church is the Chapter Hall - part of a 14th-century Benedictine monastery, with frescoes and stone carvings of grotesques, demons, and human moods and emotions.
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Church of the Holy Spirit
Heading northwards, on Dorfmeister utca, is the 15th-century Church of the Holy Spirit (Szentlélek-templom), worth a peek for its wall and ceiling frescoes.
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Goat Church
On the south side of the Firewatch Tower is the old Goat Church, whose name comes from the heraldic animal of its chief benefactor. The church was originally built in the late 13th century, but many additions and improvements have been made over the centuries. The interior is now mostly baroque, though the red marble pulpit in the centre of the south aisle dates from the 15th century.
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Synagogue Ruins
There's a crumbling synagogue east of the Inner Town. A new plaque tells passers-by that '1640 martyrs' were taken from here to Auschwitz on 5 July 1944.
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