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St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church

Biserica Sfântul Ilie
St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church
Biserica Sfântul Ilie
Timisoara, biserica ortodoxa Fabric (2)
Turbojet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Temesvár, Timișoara
Address:
Strada Andrei Șaguna 12
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7583212226, 21.2573539666
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History

The original church of St. Elijah was built between 1825 and 1826. In 1910, the town council decided to build a hydroelectric power station and regulate the flow of the Béga. In order to do this, the parishioners approved the demolition of their church and in exchange a new church was built for them on Mill Square. A cross can still be seen on the site of the old church, on the right bank of the Béga.

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