Franciscan Church and Monastery
Franciscan Church and Monastery
Original function:
church and monastery
Current function:
church and monastery
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
GPS coordinates:
46.7719323535, 23.5878698556
History
The first mention of the Dominicans in Kolozsvár was in 1397. The church and the monastery were built in the second half of the 15th century in late Gothic style, using an earlier building, probably from the early 15th century. In 1455, Hunyadi János made a donation of salt for its construction. As a result of the Reformation, the Dominicans had to leave the town, but the building continued to house the town school. In 1556 Queen Isabella of Hungary stayed here temporarily. In 1609, Prince Báthory Gábor of Transylvania ceded the church to the Calvinists, who later ran a Calvinist school in the monastery alongside the Unitarian school. A significant number of wall scribbles from this period have been preserved. It was reacquired by the Catholics in the late 17th century. First the Jesuits and then the Franciscans moved in in 1725. In the 18th century, the church and the monastery were rebuilt in the Baroque style. Between 1902 and 1908 the church gained its present-day appearance during a restoration carried out by the architects Miller István and Lux Kálmán.
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