Calvinist Church
Biserica Reformată
Calvinist Church
Biserica Reformată
Address:
Strada Gheorghe Barițiu
Historical Hungarian county:
Hunyad
GPS coordinates:
45.880819573, 22.8982391083
History
The medieval church must have been built in the 13th century, and at the end of the 14th century a Gothic sanctuary was built to replace the old one. Its thick bell tower had a tower clock from the mid-16th century. By 1898, it was in such a state that it was no longer worth restoring. In 1899, the nave and tower were demolished, and eight years later the Gothic sanctuary was also demolished due to its poor condition. The construction of the new neo-Romanesque church began in 1908, based on plans by Dobovszky József. The construction was hindered by a number of problems, including the arrest of the contractor, Lábas Gyula, in 1909 for fraud. Construction was completed in 1910 and the church was consecrated on 23 October 1910.
In the south-western part of the old town centre, on the site of the 16th-century Reformed castle church, is the large Reformed church with one main tower and two side towers, built in 1908 in Art Nouveau style (Piața Episcopul Tordai Sándor András, Bishop Tordai Sándor András Square). It was restored in the 1970s.
The town's first known pastor, Tordai Sándor András, began his ministry in 1564, and his statue stands in front of the church entrance.
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