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13-OCT-2012 Jola Dziubinska

Tower And Gothic Window

Budapest, Hungary

Tower Of The Church Of Mary Magdalene and a reconstructed Gothic window.

Mary Magdalene Tower (Mária Magdolna torony), on the corner of Országház utca and Kapisztrán tér is the part of a 13th-century Franciscan church used by Hungarian speakers.
Under Turkish rule, this was the only church allowed to remain Christian: all others were converted into mosques.
The chancel was badly damaged during the Liberation of Buda from the Turks in 1686; it was also destroyed in World War II and has not been rebuilt except for one stone window, as a memento.

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Guest 01-Dec-2012 19:17
a real fitting memorial for a church. V
Cindi Smith04-Nov-2012 00:45
Oh wow! V
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