The Franciscan Church and Monastery

The oldest church of the Main Square is known as the monks' church. Built in Baroque style with two towers, the church is at the lower part of the square, on the corner of the Citadel's street. Next to the church is a Franciscan monastery.

Although the foundation stone was laid in 1730, after four years the church was already used as intended. The interior, however, was finished later. The pulpit was only built in 1747, the main altar and interior walls were painted and gilded only in 1780-1781 by Veres Mátyás and his wife, Perger Krisztina. The interior of the church got its current look in 1928, after the artist Muresan Herceg Ferenc repainted it.

Text and photo source: http://www.odorhei-turism.ro/