Churches+in+Turda

Churches-monument in Turda

**The Roman** ** Catholic Church ** in Turda was built between 1475-1504, on the site of an old church, already documented in 1342. The church is included in the list of Historic Monuments.The materials used were stone quarry sized, large slabs of stone brought from the Roman camp Potaissa, medieval stone scrap processed and reused stones from the old building. In this church was proclaimed in 1568 the establishment of the Unitarian Church.



The altar of the Roman Catholic Church



**A Calvin** **Reformed** **Church** oldest preserved monument inTurda, is located in downtown. It was built in the early fifteenth century, on the time of the Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387- 1437) , and on the site of an ancient church. The church is included in the list of Historic Monuments.

**A Calvin** ** Reformed Church of New - Turda** was built between 1500-1504, on the site of an old church built in the period 1311-1340 ( the first church is mentioned in documents from the fourteenth century ). In 1179 there was already on this site a Roman Catholic church. Tatars in 1241destroyed both the city and the Church. By tradition, the Catholic church was rebuilt by the Hungarian King Charles Robert of Anjou (1288-1342) in honor of Sf. Ladislau in early Gothic style. The church is included in the list of Historic Monuments.

**The Roman** ** Catholic Church Franciscan Turda ** was built between 1733-1737 by the observant Franciscan nuns. **The Orthodox** ** Church " Between the Romanian” **is the oldest Orthodox church in Turda.

In1861 the old The Orthodox Church " Between the Romanian " was funkier and burnt. Between 1861-1865 the Orthodox Metropolitan Andrei Saguna establish a public collection, with which they built a new stone church.



**The Orthodox** **Cathedral** is not actually a  cathedral in the true sense of the word, but a  larger church because in Turda any bishop has head. On the left side entry into the cathedral was a painting of King Carol II in general uniform Mountain, with cape Order of Michael the Brave. After the abolition of the monarchy in 1948 and the Communists came to power , the painting was covered with a layer of brown paint , the same tone with neighboring walls.

**Mihai** **Voda** **Monastery** The monastery is situated on the outskirts, near the obelisk marking the assassination of the great leader in the camp fight what was in these places in August 1601. The monastery is an architectural copy also at the same time, a refund of the dignity of the old monasteries Michael Voda of Bucharest , built in the sixteenth century and mutilated during the communist regime.