Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church

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Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church
Entrance in the church
Basic information
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Religious affiliation	Roman-Catholic
District	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Year consecrated	1290
Ecclesiastical status	Church
Architectural description
Year 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• (Romanian) Biserica şi fosta mănăstire franciscană din Cluj (The franciscan church and cloister from Cluj-Napoca)
• (Hungarian) Old pictures of the church and cloister

v • d • e Landmarks in Cluj-Napoca Worship places Bob Church • Calvaria Church • Evangelical Church • Franciscan Church • Greek-Catholic Cathedral • Orthodox Cathedral • Orthodox Church on the Hill • Piarists' Church • Reformed Synagogue • St. Michael's Church • Ss. Peter and Paul Church • Unitarian Church • Wolfsstreet Reformed Chuch Historical buildings Tailors' Bastion • Basta House • Hangman's House • Heltai House • Hintz House • Kovary House • Matthias Corvinus House • Wolphard-Kakas House • Old Biasini Hotel • Convictus Nobilium • Bánffy Palace • Palace of Justice • Szeky Palace Statues and monuments Avram Iancu Statue • Capitoline Wolf Statue • Matthias Corvinus Statue • Michael the Brave Statue Other places Botanical Garden • Central Cemetery • Central Park • Hungarian Theatre • Hungarian Opera • National Theatre • Romanian Opera Avenues and squares Avram Iancu Square • Eroilor Avenue • Iuliu Maniu Street • Mihai Viteazul Square • Regele Ferdinand Avenue • Unirii Square

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