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Abbey Library
The most beautiful part of the abbey is the neoclassical Abbey Library built in 1836 by János Packh, who was involved in designing the Esztergom Basilica. It contains some 300,000 volumes - many of them priceless historical records - making it the largest private library in Hungary. But the rarest and most important document is in the abbey archives. It is the Deed of Foundation of Tihany Abbey and dates from 1055.
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Art Gallery
The Art Gallery, off the library contains works by Dutch, Italian and Austrian masters from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest work, however, goes back to 1350.
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Pannonhalma Abbey
Pannonhalma Abbey was thoroughly spruced up for its 1000th birthday in 1996. After buying your ticket at the reception building opposite the car park and watching a 15-minute film about life in the monastic community, follow the overhead walkway to the central courtyard, where the tour begins.
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St Martin's Basilica
The entrance to St Martin's Basilica, built early in the 12th century, is through the Porta Speciosa. This arched doorway in red limestone was recarved in the mid-19th century by the Stornos, a controversial family of restorers who imposed 19th-century Romantic notions of Romanesque and Gothic architecture on ancient buildings; it is beautiful despite the butchery.
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