Medieval frescoes of Saint Ladislaus uncovered

According to index, frescoes of Saint Ladislaus were discovered in the Saxon evangelic church of Transylvanian Somogyom (in Romanian Șmig). Since the surface of the medieval paintings, when put together, exceeds 100 m², it is very special, unique and valuable find. The finder is Lóránd Kiss, a wall painting restaurateur from Marosvásárhely (RO Târgu Mureș) and his team. He gave the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) a detailed description of their discovery.

 Frescoes of Hungarian king Saint Ladislaus on the wall

As a matter of fact, Transylvania is rich in historical remains and even legends. Thus, it is not surprising that Bram Stoker

chose Transylvania to be the scene of his most well-known novel about Dracula.

Lóránd Kiss and his team has discovered a long-forgotten wall painting hidden beneath the thick layers of lime for centuries.

Additionally, they found it in the small Lutheran church of the former Saxon village of Somogyom. According to index, Kiss’s team has been maintaining the medieval church for years. Of course, if they had some free time, they tried to study the centuries old walls. This is how they discovered that under many thick layers of white lime

hides one of the biggest wall paintings in Transylvania.

More than 100 m² of frescoes

Furthermore, lime preserved the whole painting of the former shrine. In fact, the painting tells many legends and biblical stories depicted in different registers which are very similar to modern-day comics, since they tell a longer story with pictures. One of these registers depicts the legend of Saint Ladislaus (1077-1095), a successful Hungarian medieval king.

However, according to Kiss and his colleagues, for example, Tekla Szabó, an art historian and expert of medieval wall paintings,