- Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church
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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.
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
- (Romanian) Biserica şi fosta mănăstire franciscană din Cluj (The Franciscan church and cloister from Cluj-Napoca)
- (Hungarian) Old pictures of the church and cloister
Franciscan Church interior
Places of worship 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 Church
Historical buildings Tailors' Bastion • Basta House • Hangman's House • Heltai House • Hintz House • Kőváry House • Matthias Corvinus House • Wolphard-Kakas House • Old Biasini Hotel • Convictus Nobilium • Bánffy Palace • Palace of Justice • Szeky PalaceStatues and monuments Avram Iancu Statue • Capitoline Wolf Statue • Matthias Corvinus Statue • Michael the Brave StatueSports venues Stadionul Ion Moina • Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium • Parcul Sportiv Iuliu HatieganuAvenues and squares Avram Iancu Square • Eroilor Avenue • Iuliu Maniu Street • Mihai Viteazul Square • Regele Ferdinand Avenue • Unirii SquareOther sites Botanical Garden • Central Cemetery • Central Park • Hungarian Theatre • Hungarian Opera • National Theatre • Romanian OperaCoordinates: 46°46′18″N 23°35′16″E / 46.77167°N 23.58778°E
Categories:- Cluj County geography stubs
- European church stubs
- Romanian building and structure stubs
- Churches in Cluj-Napoca
- Roman Catholic churches in Romania
- Baroque architecture in Romania
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