The Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment was the first Hungarian Christian monastery and has been influential for the spread of Christianity over Central Europe. It was founded in 996, when Hungary was primarily a pagan culture. It's an example of an early Christian monastery that still is in use.The hill where the monastery was constructed was called Sacred Mount of Pannonia, after the Roman name for this area. In the 1590's the monks left the monastery due t