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Former Catholic School

Former Catholic School
Ansamblu urban Turda 03
Leontin l, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
school
Current function:
house
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Torda, Turda
Address:
Piața Republicii 53
Historical Hungarian county:
Torda-Aranyos
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.5742852932, 23.7851938908
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History

One part of its ground floor, built against the castle wall, existed already in the 18th century (the so-called tax house), which housed the shops of Armenian merchants. In 1856 it was given an upper floor and the Catholic Girls' School was moved in. After nationalisation it became a sewing factory and was returned to the Church in 1991.

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