The Arpad Oak - the oldest tree in Hungary and an art gallery in a church

When we were away for the weekend in a town called Hedervar, we saw the oldest tree in Hungary - the Arpad Oak. Apparently, the tree is 820 years old and was supposedly where King Arpad tied his tree on the way from one side of his kingdom to the other. People claim that the marks on the tree are where he tied his horse up.

The tree creaks in the wind and is supported by a weird trelis frame to support it - only one branch is alive but the tree has a strong role to play in Hungarian folklore.

The tree is in the graveyard of one of the local chapel's where the Counts of Hedervary are buried - including a former Prime Minster of Hungary between the 2 world wars.

The Chapel is no longer just a chapel but is also an art gallery showing work from 3 Hungarian artists although only one of them seemed to have anything on display when we were there.