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Cluj-Napoca Piarists' Church

Biserica Piariștilor din Cluj

heritage site in Cluj County, Romania

  • TypeChurches
  • WhereCluj-Napoca, Romania
  • AddressStr. Universității 5, municipiul Cluj-Napoca
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About Cluj-Napoca Piarists' Church

The Piarist Church (Romanian: Biserica Piariștilor, also known as the Jesuit Church (Biserica Iezuiților) or the University Church (Biserica Universității); Hungarian: piarista templom), located at 5 Str.

Universității, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was the first Roman Catholic church built in Transylvania after the Protestant Reformation, as well as the province's first Baroque church building. Among the city's more notable edifices, it served as a prototype for numerous other churches in Transylvania.

It features a strong contrast between the sober exterior and a very well-decorated, almost exuberant interior. A statue of the Virgin Mary stood in front of the church until 1959, when the Communist authorities moved it to another part of the city.

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