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St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church

Bazilika sv. Mikuláša
St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church
Bazilika sv. Mikuláša
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Nagyszombat, Trnava 
Address:
M. Schneidera-Trnavského 3, 917 01 Trnava
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.379097, 17.591835
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History

The church was built between 1380 and 1421. The construction was ordered by King Louis I of Hungary. It was the cathedral of the Archbishop of Esztergom between 1543 and 1822. Between 1618 and 1630 the church was reconstructed in Baroque style by Archbishop Pázmány Péter of Esztergom. The northern side chapel was built between 1739 and 1741, and its weeping painting of Virgin Mary has been the guardian of the town since 1546. The main indulgence is held on November 21. The painting shed tears of blood for the first time in 1683 before the Battle of Párkány against the Turks.

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