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Reformed Church, Cehu Silvaniei

Protestant church building Romania
Probably members of two families, Miklós Drágffy and his wife, and Eufémia Jakcs or their son, Bertalan, later voivod of Transylvania bulit the church somwhere in the middle of the second half of the 15th century. Governor Drágffy János (1525-26) was an important patron of the church: he made some changes on the church in 1519, and had a lombard-patterned renaissance sedile made for it in 1522. In 1614, due to the generosity of Prépostváry Zsigmond and his wife Széchy Katalin, the rules os the market-town then, the tower at the western facade is bulit, as shown by the escutcheoned memorial tablet on its southern wall. The medieval nave is enlarged in 1801, and then 1905, eith square side-aisles and the interiour gets a classicist proportions.
Probably members of two families, Miklós Drágffy and his wife, and Eufémia Jakcs or their son, Bertalan, later voivod of Transylvania bulit the church somwhere in the middle of the second half of the 15th century. Governor Drágffy János (1525-26) was an important patron of the church: he made some changes on the church in 1519, and had a lombard-patterned renaissance sedile made for it in 1522. In 1614, due to the generosity of Prépostváry Zsigmond and his wife Széchy Katalin, the rules os the market-town then, the tower at the western facade is bulit, as shown by the escutcheoned memorial tablet on its southern wall. The medieval nave is enlarged in 1801, and then 1905, eith square side-aisles and the interiour gets a classicist proportions. Author: Tóth László, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 ro · Source
47° 24' 43.06" N, 23° 10' 39.32" O

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