Pest - Franciscan Church

(Local Name: Ferenciek templom) The Franciscan Church and monastery dominates the north-western side of Ferenciek tere. This church dates from the mid-18th C. It is in Baroque style and is the successor to a monastery built on this site in the 13th C and which the Turks turned into a mosque. The tower over the choir was designed by F. Wieser in 1858.

On the main front facing Ferenciek tere the building decoration is somewhat restrained. The façade is adorned with statues of St Peter of Alcantara, St Francis and St Anthony, as well as the arms of the Franciscan Order (over the doorway). On the north-west exterior wall (Kossuth Lajos utca) can be seen a bronze relief by B. Holló (1905) commemorating Baron Wesselényi, who saved numerous people from drowning during the great flood of 1838.

The magnificent High Altar was preserved from the original furnishings. The richly decorated side altars and the wooden pulpit are 19th C On the walls are paintings by K. Lotz (1895) and V. Tardos-Krenner (1927).

The pretty Naiad Fountain in front of the church is a copy of one by J. Fessl and F. Uhrl (1835).