Franciscan Church and Monastery- Esztelnek
The members of the Order of Friars Minor, founded by St Francis in 1209, arrived in Transylvania via Germany and Hungary between 1240 and 1250, settling first in Banská Bystrica, Sibiu and Târgu Mures (Târgu Mures). The first Franciscan monks arrived in Esztergom in 1677. In the upper part of Esztelnek there was already a chapel of St. George, with a wooden monastery built next to it. This monastery was blessed on 1 October 1690. The church next to the monastery was built between 1710 and 1729 using elements of the old St George's Chapel - probably the sanctuary of the church. The stone monastery was completed in 1750. The only reminders of the old monastery in its original form are the double sacristy, the cupboard built into the wall, the ornate sacristy cupboard and the less spectacular east wing walls, and the carved beam confirming the year of the monastery's foundation.
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