Multi-million-year old fossilized fragments of silicified trees, map from 1656, documents from the late 1800s, insect collections made in 1870, wooden household and user devices from the last century, machine models, maquettes.
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Central Mining Museum, Központi Bányászati Múzeum
Baroque building. This is the largest and most comprehensive mining collection] of Hungary. The most interesting part of the exhibition is a life-size mineshaFt from the beginning of the 20th century. This museum offering an unforgettable experience to Hungarian and foreign tourists, with signs in German, English and Slovakian.
Bezerédj ház
A baroque building based on medieval foundations, was built around 1710. One of the most beautiful rococo palaces in Sopron.
Káptalan Terem
Public Exhibition Room. Gothic origins at the end of the 13th century, renovated in the beginning of the 14-15th centuries. Ornamental and figurative painting remains, from the 14th century
Kossow ház
Rebuilt in the Baroque era, then established a large residential lobby in the floor above the doorway. Now there is a wine bar
Polgárházak
Bencés kolostor
A late Baroque door on the south side of leads to the Chapter House. There are unveiled Gothic pillars, beautifully crafted corbels and parts of medieval frescos. The distorted animal figures below brackets symbolize the medieval seven deadly sins: crouching monkey (arrogance), shrimp (inconstancy) winged devil or griffin - Infidelity, sleeping man and bat (sloth), animal-bodied man and woman (lust), female legs and hoofed creature grinning monster bent (envy) and bear (gluttony). The keystone represents: angel with trumpet (Last Judgment), pelican with blood feeding its sons (Christ), Eagle with sentence ribbon (St. John the Evangelist), angel figurine with sentence ribbon (St. Matthew the Evangelist), winged lion (St. Mark the Evangelist), winged ox (St. Luke the Evangelist).