Gyöngyös - Church of the Franciscan Monastery

The late 14th C church was destroyed during the Turkish occupation and rebuilt in 1701-27 in Baroque style, to designs by Giovanni Carlone. The doorway and interior are very beautiful; note the statues by the Austrian Josef Hebenstreit on the side altars. On the keystone of the choir-vault can be seen the coat-of-arms of the Báthori family, who endowed the church.