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128  BUD APEST AREA B Y AREA

1 Inner City Parish Church
Belvárosi Plébánia Templom

This church is the oldest building in Pest.
It was first established during the reign of
St István, the first king of Hungary (see pp24–5),
on the burial site of the martyred St Gellért.
In the 14th century, a large Gothic church
was built, which was used as a mosque
under the Turks. Damaged by the Great
Fire of 1723, the church was partly rebuilt
in the Baroque style by György Pauer in
1725–39. The interior also features Neo-
Classical elements by János Hild, as well
as some 20th-century works. The church
was reopened in 2016 after extensive
renovation work.

. Pulpit
This Neo-Gothic
pulpit is beau tifully
carved from wood.
It was produced in
1808 by Fülöp
Ungradt.

Main Portal
The late Baroque
portal is crowned
by a sculpture of the
Holy Trinity, inlaid
with gold.

KEY
1 A fragment of a wall from the
Romanesque church is visible in
the lower section of the façade.
2 The south tower includes
one of the surviving walls of the
Romanesque church.
3 Reconstructed Gothic
Nave tabernacle
The interior of the church 4 The Turkish Prayer Niche,
reflects the Gothic and or mihrab, which indicates the
Baroque periods in which direction of Mecca, is one of the
it was built. The nave, in few remnants of the Turkish
the western section of the occupation (see pp28–9).
church, is Baroque in design.

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