Kecskemét - Church of St Nicholas

On the east side of Kossuth tér stands Szent Miklós, the oldest church in the town, dating from the 13th C. Entrance is by way of a walled forecourt with Rococo wrought-iron tracery of the highest quality on both entrance gates. In the 15th C. the church was extended eastwards and the St Anne Chapel added in the side-aisle. The Franciscans, who took possession of the church in 1647, renovated it in Baroque style and in 1799 built the tower in the 18th C plait style. The only remaining vestiges of the original Gothic are to be seen on the pillars supporting the tower and on the plinth in the side-aisle. Excavations carried out to the north of the church revealed the foundations of the medieval St Michael's Chapel.

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