Once intended to stand at the top of the grandest cathedral in Pécs, the decaying statues of the 12 apostles now take shelter from the rain under an archway. Completed in 1855 after nine years of work, the statues were carved from Budafa yellow sandstone by Mihály Bartalits. Each stood at a towering four meters tall and was meant for the cathedral's façade. But the sandstone was of poor quality. Rain would seep into the stone and become trapped inside. In winter, it froze and expanded,...
