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Rhédey Chapel, Mausoleum

Rhédey Chapel, Mausoleum
Original function:
chapel
Current function:
chapel
Church:
Roman Catholic
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.0503444412, 21.9165933675
Google map:
The chapel can be found in the zoo.

History

The chapel was built in 1804 in the romantic style by Count Rhédey Lajos, the ispán of Bihar County, on the death of his wife Kacsándy Terézia. The sarcophagus of the Rhédey couple was made by the sculptor Ferenczy István in 1834. The chapel is located on the grounds of the zoo.

Source:  muemlekem.hu

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