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Former Jesuit Monastery and Seminary, Catholic Parish

Former Jesuit Monastery and Seminary, Catholic Parish
Biserica romano-catolica din Sibiu
Cezar Suceveanu, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
monastery / nunnery / canon's house / provost residence
seminary
Current function:
parish
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Piața Mare 2
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7971989586, 24.1518289684
Google map:

History

After the Reformation, Catholics returned to the town in 1687. In 1691, Jesuits arrived with the occupying Austrian imperial troops. The monastery was completed by 1739.

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