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Michael and Gabriel Archangels Orthodox Church in Várad-Velence

Biserica Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril
Michael and Gabriel Archangels Orthodox Church in Várad-Velence
Biserica Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril
Velenta Orthodox Church
ArnoldPlaton, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Address:
Anton Bacalbasa 6
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.0484389678, 21.9526819885
Google map:

History

Built between 1768 and 1779 in the provincial Baroque style. Its designer is unknown. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1836.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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