Szeged - Lower Town Church Havas Boldogasszony Templom
An important medieval edifice has been preserved south of the town center on Mátyás tér in the lower town (Alsóváros). The Franciscans, who had lived in Szeged since 1444, built a church in 1490 on the foundations of a Romanesque church. It is thought to have been completed in 1503. The nave of this hall church is spanned by magnificent fan vaulting or star vaulting (choir), comparable with the Reformed Church in Nyírbátor.
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Further remains of this Late Gothic building are the pointed arch windows between the delicate buttresses.
After the Turks had left the town again, the interior of the church was decorated in Baroque style (around 1720) and a Baroque tower was added. The pulpit and the ornately carved high altar with figures in the choir, by the Franciscan monk Antal Graff, originate from this period.
After the Turks had left the town again, the interior of the church was decorated in Baroque style (around 1720) and a Baroque tower was added. The pulpit and the ornately carved high altar with figures in the choir, by the Franciscan monk Antal Graff, originate from this period.
