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St. James the Greater Franciscan Church and Monastery

Kostol sv. Jakuba
St. James the Greater Franciscan Church and Monastery
Kostol sv. Jakuba
St. James the Greater Franciscan Church and Monastery
Radovan Bahna
Original function:
church and monastery
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Františkánska 56, 917 01 Trnava
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.377113, 17.583476
Google map:

History

King Louis I of Hungary built the church in Gothic style between 1363 and 1383. Bishop Szelepcsényi György reconstructed it in Baroque style at the end of the 17th century.

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