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St. Michael Church in Váralja

Pravoslávny chrám svätého Mikuláša
St. Michael Church in Váralja
Pravoslávny chrám svätého Mikuláša
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Pozsony, Bratislava
Address:
Mikulášska 7277/5A
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.143054, 17.103281
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History

The Gothic one-nave church was built in the middle of the 14th century. The church was demolished in the middle of the 16th century in order to improve the defense of the town against the Turks. The church was rebuilt in its current early Baroque form in 1661. The construction was financed by Khuen Franciska, the wife of Pálffy Pál, Palatine of Hungary. The coat of arms of the Hungarian Pálffy family can be seen on the facade. The Greek Catholic congregation acquired the church in 1936. In 1950 the Czechoslovak communists dissolved the Greek Catholic Church and gave its properties to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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