Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church

Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church
Entrance to the church
Basic information
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Year consecrated	1290
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Church
Architectural description
Completed	1290
Specifications

The Franciscan Church is a place of worship in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was built between 1260 and 1290, on the site of an older Catholic church destroyed during the Tatar invasions in 1241.

History

In 1390, the Benedictine monks received the church. They extended it and built a small Gothic cloister near the church, with the help of John Hunyadi.

In 1556, the Queen of Hungary, Isabella Jagiełło moved to the cloister and lived there with her son John II Sigismund Zápolya until 1557.

The church is located on Museum Square (Piața Muzeului), previously known as the Little Square (Piața Mică) to distinguish it from the Large Square surrounding St. Michael's Church; Caroline Square (Piața Carolina or Karolina ter), after the nearby Caroline Obelisk built in honor of the 1817 visit of Caroline Augusta of Bavaria and her husband Francis II; and Dimitrov Square (Piața Dimitrov), so named in the early communist period for Georgi Dimitrov.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notes

↑ (Romanian) Piața Muzeului at the Cluj-Napoca City Hall site; accessed July 26, 2013
↑ (Romanian) Mănăstirea Franciscanilor at the Cluj County Cultural Office; accessed July 26, 2013
↑ (Romanian) Centrul vechi at the Central University Library of Cluj-Napoca site; accessed July 26, 2013
↑ (Romanian) "Biserica şi fosta mănăstire franciscană din Cluj", Jurnalul Național, July 26, 2007; accessed July 26, 2013

References

(Romanian) Lukacs Jozsef - Povestea „oraşului-comoară”, Editura Biblioteca Apostrof, Cluj-Napoca, 2005
(Romanian) Bodea Gheorghe - Clujul vechi şi nou, Cluj-Napoca, 2002

External links

Franciscan Church interior

Landmarks in Cluj-Napoca

Places of worship	Bob Church Calvaria Church Calvinist Reformed Church Central Reformed Church Evangelical Church Franciscan Church Neolog Synagogue Orthodox Cathedral Piarists' Church Reformed Church in Lower City St. Michael's Church St. Peter Church St. Trinity Orthodox Church Transfiguration Cathedral Unitarian Church

Historical buildings	Babos Palace Bánffy Palace Berde Palace Biasini Hotel Central University Library City Hall Elian Palace Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania Firefighters' Tower Hungarian Opera Jósika Palace Matthias Corvinus House Mikes House Orthodox Archbishopric Palace Palace of Finance Palace of Justice Postal Palace Prefecture Palace Rhédey Palace Romanian Opera Széki Palace Tailors' Bastion Teleki Palace Telephone Palace Toldalagi-Korda Palace Train station Transylvania State Philharmonic Urania Palace Wass Palace

Statues and monuments	Avram Iancu Statue Capitoline Wolf Statue Carolina Obelisk Equestrian Statue of Michael the Brave Matthias Corvinus Monumental Ensemble Memorandum Monument St. George Statue Virgin Mary Statue

Sports venues	Cluj Arena Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Iuliu Hațieganu Sports Park Polyvalent Hall

Avenues and squares	21 December Avenue Avram Iancu Square Calea Moților Heroes' Avenue King Ferdinand Avenue Michael the Brave Square Peace Square Spring Street Stephen the Great Square Union Square

Other sites	Alexandru Borza Botanical Garden Central Park Cetățuia Hajongard cemetery

Coordinates: 46°46′18″N 23°35′16″E / 46.77167°N 23.58778°E / 46.77167; 23.58778

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