St. Michael Gate
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Bulevardul 21 Decembrie 1989
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
GPS coordinates:
46.7766492239, 23.607068048
History
In 1747, after the plague had passed, Bíró József, the parish priest at the time, had this imposing Baroque votive gate erected in front of the main western entrance of the St. Michael's Church in the main square. It was made by a Bavarian sculptor, Johannes König.
In 1898, a decision was taken to reorganise the area around the church and to redesign the Main Square. The houses around the church, which had been mostly used for commercial purposes, were demolished, leaving the old baroque gateway on its own. The town council decided to dismantle the gate to widen the square and rebuild it in front of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, which stood in the southern suburbs of the town (once a separate village called Szentpéter). The original gate was larger than the one rebuilt in 1899.
At the top is the figure of St Michael the Archangel, the patron saint of Transylvania, vanquishing evil. The gate was partially damaged by a grenade explosion in October 1944 and has not been extensively restored since.
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