St. Michael Roman Catholic Church
Kostol svätého Michala archanjela
St. Michael Roman Catholic Church
Kostol svätého Michala archanjela
Address:
Ivana Krasku 5, 934 05 Levice
Historical Hungarian county:
Bars
GPS coordinates:
48.218846, 18.604718
History
The church existed already in the 14th century and was dedicated to St. László of Hungary. By the middle of the 16th century the Catholics disappeared because of the Reformation. In 1624 Archbishop Pázmány Péter of Esztergom sent Jesuits to Léva. In 1647 the church was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, the popular guardian of the war against the Turks. In 1633 Léva was occupied by the Turks and the church was turned into a mosque. In 1675 the Jesuits were replaced by Franciscan Minorites. In 1676 the church burned down, but it was rebuilt and enlarged in 1698 by Baron Jaklin Miklós and a stone tower was also added. After fires Esterházy Miklós reconstructed the church in 1786, but it burned down again in 1808 and was left without a tower. Its current towers were built in 1902 and the 3 meters tall statue of Saint László of Hungary was placed between them.
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