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University Church Description

(Local Name: Egyetemi templom) The most beautiful Baroque church in Budapest is somewhat hidden, lying as it does in the south of Pest, away from the main shopping streets with its main front facing onto a narrow side street which scarcely does it justice. It was built in 1725-42 to plans by A. Mayerhoffer for the Pauline Order; its two mighty towers were not completed until 1771. The principal façade incorporates a triangular tympanum with representations of the hermits St Paul and St Anthony as well as the arms of the Pauline Order (a palm between two lions and a raven). Below the tympanum is a Virgin Mary seated on a terrestrial globe.

The church has a single nave with pilasters and enclosed

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Hobbies & Activities category: Christian sites; Architecture - Baroque or Rococo