Gellért Hill Cave

[1][2] In the 19th century the cave was inhabited by a poor family who built a small house of sun dried bricks in the great opening.

For six years, the cave continued its religious functions, but in 1951, the State Protection Authority raided the chapel as part of increasing action against the Catholic Church.

As a result of the raid, the cave was sealed, the monastery's superior, Ferenc Vezér, was condemned to death, and the remaining brothers were imprisoned for upwards of ten years.

[citation needed] As the Iron Curtain disintegrated, the chapel reopened on 27 August 1989 with the destruction of the thick concrete wall that had sealed the cave.

The church is complemented by a mysterious[citation needed] monastery carved into the rock and decorated with striking neo-gothic turrets.