Votive Church of Szeged

The Votive Church and Cathedral of Our Lady of Hungary is a twin-spired church in Szeged. It lies on Dom square beside the Domotor tower. Construction began in 1913, but due to the outbreak of the First World War, it turned into no longer completed until 1930. The church serves because the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Szeged–Csanad. It is the fourth-biggest church in Hungary. The dome is fifty four metres outdoor and the towers are each 91 m high. The church consists of five bells, the biggest of that is the Heroes Bell which weighs 8,537 kilograms, is tuned to F0 and changed into made in 1927.

It additionally consists of considered one of the most important organ in Europe with 9740 pipes and 134 ranks. The church is placed in Dom Square Szeged, that's precisely the equal length as Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. Construction of the church began in 1913 after a flood had destroyed most of Szeged. It was designed with the aid of Frederick Schulek and become finished in 1930. The construction of the church was a end result of a pledge made by the inhabitants of Szeged to construct a cathedral after the flood of March 1879.