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Former Dominican Monastery

Former Dominican Monastery
Original function:
monastery / nunnery / canon's house / provost residence
Current function:
n/a
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Strada Mihail Kogălniceanu 23
Historical Hungarian county:
Beszterce-Naszód
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.1292055504, 24.4965768926
Google map:

History

The remaining part of the Gothic monastery is now a nursing home. Other parts and the church were demolished centuries ago. Some of the buildings inhabited by the nuns are still standing, others were demolished in older times.

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