Roman Catholic church and Esterházy Mausoleum in Ganna
The small village of Ganna lies on highway 83 just before Pápa and is surrounded by the Bakonya Forest. The neo-classicist parish church with its mausoleum was designed by the French architect Charles Moreau and built between 1808 and 1818. It was consecrated to Saint Anne and built in the style of both the Roman Pantheon and the mausoleum of the Esterházy family. The church’s layout forms a Greek-style cross. The church has a large dome, which was the largest one in the whole of the country at the time of its construction. The main altar is made of marble and bears a statue of the Virgin Mary. The reliefs and statues of saints were made by the Viennese sculptor Josef Klieber. In the lower church, a crypt of the Esterházy family can be found. 54 members of the family are buried in bronze and marble sarcophagi.
