Basilica of St. Egidius
Bazilika sv. Egídia
Basilica of St. Egidius
Bazilika sv. Egídia
Address:
Radničné námestie 46/46, 085 01 Bardejov
Historical Hungarian county:
Sáros
GPS coordinates:
49.293501, 21.275435
History
St Egidius is the guardian of the town and the goldsmiths. They started to build the church in the second half of the 14th century. The main and the two side naves were finished by the year 1415. The tower was built between 1420 and 1427, which already had a clock. The sanctuary was finished in 1464. The church was restored from the damages caused by the earthquakes and the fire between 1879 and 1889 in Gothic style according the plans of Steindl lmre. The original Gothic main altar was completed in 1486, of which the statue of St. Eigidus and the pictures of St. Stephen and St. László survived. The current 17 meters high neo-Gothic main altar was made between 1883 and 1888 in the workshop of the wood carver Hölzer Mór in Bártfa according to the plans of Steindl lmre. On its wings 12 persons can bee seen, all are saints and blessed people from the Hungarian history (the artwork of Aggházy Gyula). Further treasures of the church include 11 late Gothic altars, the Gothic statues of the small Calvary of Master Lőcsei Pál, the St. Nicholas altar from 1524 and several Renaissance tombs. The "Pew of the Executioner" was made in 1492.
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