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St. Michael's Cathedral

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St. Michael's Cathedral

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1. Fourth Gate (Poarta a Patra) – St. Michael's Cathedral loop from Carolina

4.80km

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2. Fourth Gate (Poarta a Patra) – Union Bell loop from Tolstoi

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3. Via Principalis – St. Michael's Cathedral loop from Cetate

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02:27

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

August 29, 2025

The Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St. Michael is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia. It was built after the founding of the diocese in 1009, but was so severely damaged by the Tatars in 1241 that a new building was necessary. This was constructed in two phases, between 1246 and 1291 and between 1320 and 1356. In the mid-16th century, St. Michael's Cathedral became Calvinist and remained so during the Ottoman period. Around 1700, the cathedral and diocese were re-Catholicized under Habsburg rule. Of the two towers apparently planned, only the southern one was completed; its current form is the work of several centuries.

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Werner 🚶‍♂️🚵‍♂️🚴‍♂️

August 30, 2021

The tower can be climbed via a narrow, steep staircase to the window under the clock. The view is limited and not very good.

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Noname

April 11, 2024

The cathedral is considered the third religious building to be built on the same site. It is made of stone blocks partly taken from the walls of the fortress built by the Romans in Apulum. Work began at the beginning of the 13th century. From an architectural point of view, the building encompasses all the styles of the 10th to 18th centuries: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.

The cathedral is a true pantheon of Transylvania. In the south aisle is the tomb of Iancu de Hunedoara, Voivode of Transylvania and Governor of Hungary. Both Hungarian and Romanian crowns are laid on the Voivode's tomb, which is generally considered a sign of his esteem from both nations. In the opposite nave are the funerary monuments of the first Prince of Transylvania, John Sigismund, and his mother, Isabella, Queen of Hungary.

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Location: Alba, Romania

St. Michael's Cathedral

1. Fourth Gate (Poarta a Patra) – St. Michael's Cathedral loop from Carolina

2. Fourth Gate (Poarta a Patra) – Union Bell loop from Tolstoi

3. Via Principalis – St. Michael's Cathedral loop from Cetate

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