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Former Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy, Gránátalma Pharmacy History Museum

Former Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy, Gránátalma Pharmacy History Museum
Spitalul ordinului Mizericordienilor - Oradea
ArnoldPlaton, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
hospital / clinic / sanatorium / doctor's office
Current function:
restaurant / confectionery / café, museum
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Calea Republicii 33
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.060261778, 21.9376922432
Google map:
The pharmacy museum is located in the premises of the former Gránátalma (Pomegranate) Pharmacy of the Merciful Brothers.

History

Gyöngyösi György, canon of Várad (1735-1760) was a bedridden patient from 1750. He wanted to establish a poorhouse for the sick. Bishop Forgách Pál of Várad offered to settle the Brothers of Mercy in the town and in 1753 he also donated a plot of land on which the canon then began building a church. In 1760, the first members of the Brothers of Mercy arrived at the invitation of Bishop Patachich Ádám. The convent was built in 1763. Construction of the hospital began in 1766, and in 1769 a pharmacy was added. Between 1793 and 1795 the hospital was enlarged and the monastery was substantially rebuilt.

At its gate are three stone statues of St John of God, St John of Nepomuk and St Florian.

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