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Moon Church, Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Church

Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului
Moon Church, Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Church
Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului
Biserica cu Lună
Ghișa Ștefania-Maria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Nagyvárad, Oradea
Address:
Piaţa Unirii 10
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.0536457958, 21.9289503073
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History

Its foundation stone was laid in 1784. The architect was Erder Jakab. It was put into use in 1790. The interior decoration was completed in 1831. It was completely repainted in 1977-79.

Its bell tower is 55 metres high. Below the clockwork is a one-metre diameter sphere painted black and gold, which is moved by a mechanism that always shows the actual moon phase. The mechanism, which still works today, was made by Georg Rueppe in 1793.

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