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Transfiguration of Our Lord Orthodox (Former Greek Catholic) Church

Biserica din Greci cu hramul Schimbarea la Faţă
Transfiguration of Our Lord Orthodox (Former Greek Catholic) Church
Biserica din Greci cu hramul Schimbarea la Faţă
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Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Address:
Strada Valea Frumoasă 28
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.9585284478, 23.5623534547
Google map:

History

The church was built by Greek Catholics in 1818, in the former "Greek" quarter between the Sebes and the Mill Canal, connecting the town centre with the former western suburbs, and inhabited by members of the Greek merchant community, Macedonian, Armenian and Vlach merchants. The district was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century and originally consisted of bourgeois houses similar to those in the town centre. Alexandru Roman and the Balomiri family are buried in the crypt of the church.

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