Sankt Veit (Szent Vid) Kapelle

The chapel is located at the highest point of the Sankt Veit hill (568m). The surrounding area preserves the memory of the people who have lived here for thousands of years in several layers.

The hill was continuously inhabited from the Neolithic to modern times. In the late Bronze Age, there was a terraced citadel settlement here that functioned as a bronze art center, which was the second self-preserved metal culture in Europe. You can sit down on the terrace below the row of steps next to the chapel and view the former terrace system. Later, the hill was a Celtic center; during the Roman Empire, the water supply system that supplied the former Savaria, today's city of Steinamanger/Szombathely, with water was defended from here. In the 9th century, the first Christian church was built here in honor of St. Vitus. In Árpád times there was a castle here, which was surrounded by a rampart together with the church. The ruins of the former keep can still be seen today in front of the chapel of St. Vitus. The chapel was built on the site of the medieval castle. Since the 18th century, the place has been visited by the inhabitants of the surrounding area as a place of pilgrimage. The last major redevelopment of the site took place in 1859 at the time of the reconstruction of the St. Veit chapel and in 1880. The remains of the wall at the top of the hill were removed and the necessary reception areas for a place of pilgrimage were created.