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Ascension of Our Lord Orthodox Cathedral

Catedrala Înălțarea Domnului
Ascension of Our Lord Orthodox Cathedral
Catedrala Înălțarea Domnului
Catedrala Mare Targu Mures 03
Losy, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Address:
Piața Trandafirilor (Rózsák tere) 1
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5461536284, 24.5633581875
Google map:

History

After the Romanian occupation, between 1925 and 1934, an Orthodox church was being built in the city centre, designed by Iosif Vlad, and only completed after 1990. When the church was built, the aim was for its height to exceed that of the historic Hungarian churches and the tower of the Palace of Public Administration.

The dome is decorated with paintings by Aurel Ciupa. The iconostasis is by Traian Bobletec and the paintings by Virgil Simionescu from Lugos.

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