St. George Roman Catholic Cathedral
Catedrala romano-catolică Sfântul Gheorghe
St. George Roman Catholic Cathedral
Catedrala romano-catolică Sfântul Gheorghe
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
GPS coordinates:
45.7581062951, 21.2303683184
History
In 1732 the centre of the Diocese of Csanád, founded by King St Stephen of Hungary around 1030, was moved by the Habsburgs to Temesvár. The former Losonczy Square (now Unirii Square), rich in sights, is lined mainly with Baroque buildings built in the 18th century by the Austrian authorities. On the eastern side of the square is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St George, built between 1736 and 1765 with low towers to be kept out of the way of cannonballs during sieges. It was designed by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach from Vienna.
Between 1788 and 1790, during the Turkish-Austrian War, the church was a salt warehouse. The church was damaged during the siege of 1849, when the Hungarian army tried to liberate the town in the War of Independence. Inside, a painting by Michelangelo Unterberger from 1754 depicts St George on horseback fighting the dragon. The 6 side altars are by the German painter Johann Adam Schöpf. The organ was made in 1908 in Temesvár.
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