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Calvinist Reformed Church of Turda-Old, the oldest preserved monument in Turda, is located in the center (address: str.Haşdeu No.1) In the vicinity of the Republic, Lapidary and former princely palace (now the Museum of History). It was built in the early 15th century, the time of Hungarian King Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387-1437), on the site of an even older church.
Second church, built during the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg around 1400 (the present church) was designed in the Gothic style, with one ship in length (current) 26 m, width 8.5 m and height Originally it was 16 m long by 5-10 m, with the east (Republic Square) usual choir / altar, with ogival arches cross, choir which was demolished with the construction of the surrounding fortress (the church no longer fit in inside defensive walls, placed across from the fortress; choir / altar had to be sacrificed to a length of 5-10 m, Explains unusual appearance unsightly east side of the church, without chorus / Gothic portal and the altar, missing). Instead choir demolished (the new defensive wall) was built in the 17th century bell tower, which collapsed in 1862 (the foundation gave). New Tower (actual) clock, with a height of 60 m, was built between 1904-1906.
Western and northern facades of the church are the most beautiful. West facade with ornate entrance framed by a portal, the typical elements of Gothic style of the early fifteenth century. The axis of the west facade there is a portal, finished arch. Western portal is decorated with motifs of oak leaves. Northern facade features five buttresses and a second portion (permanently closed). The interior of the church was damaged by fire in the seventeenth century. Interior decoration is the most subsequent rework operations. Church (originally Roman Catholic) passed in 1564 (until today) the Calvinist Reformed confession. |