A church dating to the Árpádian Age

The church was erected in the second half of the 11th century for the folks rendering services in the seat of Zala County. Its patron saint is unknown. The entrance of the medieval structure built with a nave and an apse maintains access via its southern side, and its gallery rests on the western terminal of the nave. It has been out of service since the second half of the 13th century. The foundations and the cemetery encompassing nearly 700 graves lying around the church were publicized as a consequence of the archaeological excavations taking place in 1948, and between 1951 and 1953, and in 1996.

In early times, the entombments were dug next to each other. The superficial area of the cemetery was crowded soon, thus family relatives were interred on top of each other. As a consequence, collective family burials came to existence. The members of the aristocratic families rested along the southern sidewall of the aisle. Women and maidens were buried bejewelled: S-terminalled lockrings, pearls, bored Roman coins, and rings were discovered in their sepulchres.

The chapel anointed in honour of Saint Stephen, the first Hungarian king was erected in 1996 on the footing of this church dating to the Árpádian Age. The medieval altar floor beneath the altar placed in the choir was fetched from the village of Zalavár to Vársziget. The fraction of the Roman shaft originally strengthened the foundation of the northern wall of the aisle.