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Matthias Corvinus monument and St Michale Church in Cluj Napoca, Romania Royalty Free Stock Photo

The equestrian statue of the King Matthias Corvinus in front of the Church of Saint Michael in Cluj Napoca. Royalty Free Stock Photo

The equestrian statue of the King Matthias Corvinus in front of the Church of Saint Michael in Cluj Napoca.

Matthias Corvinus was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. The St. Michael`s Church is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Cluj-Napoca. It is the second largest church after the Black Church of Brasov in the geographical region of Transylvania, Romania. The nave is 50 meters long and 24 meters wide, the apse is 20Ãâ10 m. The tower with its height of 76 meter 80 meter including the cross is the highest one in Transylvania. The western portal is decorated with the three coats of arms of Sigismund as King of Hungary, as King of Bohemia and as Holy Roman Emperor. The oldest of its sections is the altar, inaugurated in 1390, while the newest part is the clock tower, which was built in Gothic Revival style 1837-1862. Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Romania, Europe