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q Mátyás Church
Mátyás-templom

The Parish Church of Our Lady Mary was
built on this site between the 13th and 15th
centuries. Some of the existing architectural
style dates from the reign of Sigismund of
Luxembourg, but its name refers to King
Mátyás Corvinus, who greatly enlarged and
embellished the church. Much of the original
detail was lost when the Turks converted the Rose Window
church into the Great Mosque in 1541. After Frigyes Schulek faithfully repro duced
the liberation of Buda in 1686, Jesuit fathers the medieval stained-glass window
modified the building in the Baroque style. The that was in this position during the
early Gothic era.
church sustained more damage in 1723, and
was restored in the Neo-Gothic style by Frigyes
Schulek in 1873–96. The gallery rooms house
the Museum of Ecclesiastical Art.

Béla Tower
This tower is named after the
church’s founder, King Béla IV.
It has retained several of its
original Gothic features.

. Baroque Madonna
According to legend, the original statue
was set into a wall of the church during
the Turkish occupa tion. When this wall
was destroyed in 1686, the Madonna
made a miraculous appearance. The Turks
took this as an omen of defeat.

Main Portal
Above the arched
west entrance is a
19th-century bas-relief KEY
of the Madonna and
Child, seated between 1 The roof is decorated with
two angels. The relief multicoloured glazed tiles.
is made of pyrogranite 2 The main altar was created
ceramics produced in by Frigyes Schulek and based on
Pécs at the Zsolnay Gothic triptychs.
factory (see p58).

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