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Nativity of St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Cathedral

Catedrala Nașterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul din Arad
Nativity of St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
Catedrala Nașterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul din Arad
Catedrala Naşterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul - panoramio
Mister No, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Arad, Arad
Address:
Piaţa Catedralei 1.
Historical Hungarian county:
Arad
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.1704679459, 21.3117541022
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History

The church was built between 1862 and 65 on the initiative of Bishop Procopie Ivascovici, based on the plans of architect Czigler Antal from Gyula, in the late Baroque, Zopf style. Its main sponsors were the Mocsonyi family and the Viennese banker Sina György. The gable between the two slender towers dominating the main western facade was only built between 1905 and 1906, when the church was renovated.

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