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St. Bartholomew Church and Franciscan Monastery

St. Bartholomew Church and Franciscan Monastery
Ferences templom szaszsebes
Oguszt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church and monastery
Current function:
church and monastery
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Szászsebes, Sebeș
Address:
Strada Mihai Viteazul
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.9580158248, 23.5729193825
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History

Originally built in the 13th century, the monastery was inhabited by Dominicans in 1322, Franciscans in 1523, and Dominicans again in 1529. The Franciscans moved back to Szászsebes in 1731 and rebuilt the church from its ruins between 1740 and 1769. The monastery was not finished until 1775. General Bem József received the order awarded by Kossuth Lajos here in 1849. Its monks were deported in 1951. The monastery was renovated in the 2000s.

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