Balatonszabadi: Landscapes and Archaeological Traces

Balatonszabadi and the Nearby Landscapes

Several landscapes lie in the immediate vicinity of Balatonszabadi. Csúcs-hegy is located near Balatonszabadi. Belső-hegy is located near Balatonszabadi. Külső Hegy is located near Balatonszabadi. Akol-hegy is located near Balatonszabadi. For visitors who initially wish to place their stay at Lake Balaton in a geographical context, the four locations provide factual additions to the place name. The nearby surroundings thereby appear as an area with several individual landscape features. Anyone wishing to plan their day around Balatonszabadi can consider the four landscapes separately and relate the location of each to the town area. The landscape around Balatonszabadi thus acquires a clear, multi-part structure.

Pusztatoronyi-dűlő and Its Geographical Location

A second spatial point of reference concerns Pusztatoronyi-dűlő. Pusztatoronyi-dűlő lies north of Balatonszabadi and 2.4 km south of Lake Balaton. The location of Pusztatoronyi-dűlő describes both its relationship to Balatonszabadi and its distance from the lake. For visitors who wish to consider the location of the town and the lake separately, Pusztatoronyi-dűlő offers two distinct spatial reference lines. Its relationship to Balatonszabadi and its position relative to Lake Balaton belong to the same landscape feature, but remain clearly distinct in terms of direction and distance. For forming a spatial impression of a stay at Lake Balaton, Pusztatoronyi-dűlő thereby receives a dual classification: once by compass direction and once by distance.

Archaeological Connections at Pusztatoronyi-dűlő

An archaeological dimension is added to the geographical orientation at Pusztatoronyi-dűlő. Pusztatoronyi-dűlő is associated with Roman and medieval archaeological finds, including remains connected with a medieval church, a cemetery and a settlement. For travellers interested in cultural history, the archaeological connection of Pusztatoronyi-dűlő encompasses both the Roman and medieval periods. The medieval connections include a church, cemetery and settlement as distinct components. This chronological span complements the orientation provided by the landscape with a historical perspective, without limiting Pusztatoronyi-dűlő to just one period. Roman finds thus stand alongside medieval remains connected with religious, funerary and settlement-historical contexts.

The Medieval Village Site Near the Church

Archaeological investigations identified the site of a medieval village near the church. Pottery, metal objects and building remains were found near the church. The types of finds range from movable objects to structural traces. The combination of pottery, metal objects and building remains gives greater definition to the medieval village site without reducing it to a single group of finds. For travellers interested in cultural history, this creates a more precise picture of the find site, as the medieval village site is represented by different material remains.

Other places for orientation around Lake Balaton include Balatonberény, Balatonhenye, Mindszentkálla, Nemesgulacs, Badacsonytomaj, Nikla, Lesencetomaj and Szantod.

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