Fortress Church

The Fortress Church or the Big Church is the oldest surviving church in Targu Mures. After much less than a century from the primary ancient evidence of the existence of the Franciscan order in Transylvania, Hungarian Kingdom Franciscan friars arrived inside the metropolis. The monastery is first mentioned in 1332. Its building took a whole century, from the middle of the 14th century until the center of the fifteenth and includes the monastery constructing, an older chapel, the church and the steeple.

As a long way as the architectural style is worried, these homes belong to the overdue Gothic, each structurally and aesthetically. The present day look of the inner of the church is the end result of numerous adjustments completed in time. Close to the doorway there may be a balcony supported by means of arches on posts. The slightly curved ceiling, strengthened by way of four pairs of double arches and embellished with stucco, is the end result of remodeling works carried out in 1790 via Anton Turk, one of the most well-known Transylvanian architects of the Baroque period.