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Calvinist Church

Biserica Reformată
Calvinist Church
Biserica Reformată
RO HR Odorheiu Secuiesc church
Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Calvinist
Settlement:
Székelyudvarhely, Odorheiu Secuiesc
Address:
Városháza tér
Historical Hungarian county:
Udvarhely
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3035022829, 25.2953996891
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History

During the Reformation, the parish church of St Nicholas was occupied by Protestants. In 1630, a prince's committee decided to suspend the use of the church for three years while the denominations worked together to build a new Reformed (Calvinist) church. St Nicholas Church then became the property of the Jesuits.

The present, larger church was built between 1780-81 to replace the earlier one. The number 1781 on the tiled roof indicates the year of the church's completion, and the initials KG refer to Baczkamadarasi Kiss Gergely, the Rector of the Reformed College, who led the construction of the church.

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