Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady additionally called Gyor Cathedral It is a Catholic temple that serves as Cathedral Basilica in Gyor, Hungary, being the seat of the Diocese of Gyor. The early eleventh century Romanesque church turned into destroyed by using the Mongols and rebuilt from the 13th to the fifteenth century. After the expulsion of the Turks the indoors turned into redesigned between 1635 and 1650 by using the Italian grasp Giovanni Battista Rava in the early Baroque style.

The tower was completed simplest in 1680. The whole work of the church lasted until the 1770s The closing healing became achieved among 1968 and 1972. The cathedral received in 1997 the reputation of Minor Basilica, presented by Pope John Paul II. The pulpit belongs to the definitive length of the indoors while the maximum important Baroque functions had been delivered under Bishop Count Ferenc Zichy within the 1770s. Its architect and sculptor stays unknown however it is attributed to Melchior Hefele. The classicizing overdue Baroque structure become constructed at the first pillar of the nave on the left facet.