The Reformed Church in the Citadel

Built inside a Franciscan monastery, the first document that mentions this church dates from 1332. The entire monastery complex was finished by the 1450s, becoming the largest and most important Franciscan settlement in Transylvania. It could accommodate 1200 parishioners and it was authorized by the Pope to organize pilgrimages. Following the religious reform initiated by Martin Luther in the 16th century, most of the population in Tg.-Mureș converted from Catholicism to the reformed religions. As a result, the Franciscan community was expelled from the city centre and the monastery and church in the fortress came into the possession of the Reformed Church, to which it belongs today. 



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