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The Catholic Church: Points of interest
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HISTORICAL CHURCHES:
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The fresco representing Mary and the Baby
which decorates the main altar is the work of painter Anton Steinwald (1777);
The funerary monument of count general Otto Ferdinand Traum of Abensberg
(1677-1748), military commander of Transylvania between 1747 and 1748. He died in Sibiu on February 18th, 1748. The high relief and bronze ronde-bosse work signed by sculptor Anton Schuchbauer in Cluj. It represents a rectangular cartouche containing the commemorative inscription, above which, on a column, we find the medallion with the portrait of the deceased as well as his family blazon. Allegorical representations of Victory, Faith, Hope and Compassion are found on each side of it. It dates from 1748;
The stained glass of the windows
produced in 1901 in Budapest, three on each side;
The baroque confessionals
date from the 18th century;
The organ,
made by Karl Hesse’s firm in Vienna, was installed in 1860;
The altar of Saint Joseph
(1733) is the only of the six side altars which still preserves its original image. The other five altars are placed in spaces segmented by doubled Dorian columns, dating from the 18th century.
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