The Roman Catholic Church Saint Peter and Paul

The building date the old Roman Catholic Church is not known. It was built during the age of the Romanesque architectural style, but later, in 1533, it was transformed into a Gothic Church. The patron of the church was St. Bartholomew. In 1568 it came into possession of the Unitarians, and only in 1716 it was given back to the Catholics. It was renovated in 1720. Meanwhile, in 1648, the remaining Catholics used a chapel. In the 1700s they formed a common parish with the Catholics of Atia, Corund having its own priest since 1743. A new Roman Catholic Church was started in 1910, and it was consecrated a year later in honor of the Holy Hearth of Jesus. In 2011, there were major transformations, both inside and outside. A few stones from the old Gothic church are built in the fence of this new church.

The wooden church in Tulgheş, Harghita county was built in 1828 and was dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The church is located in Putna Valley, in front of a fir tree curtain. It has a trilobate plane with a rectangular narthex, polygonal side apses finished with three sides and an unhooked altar apse. There is a porch with carved pillars on the south side, raised by a small bell tower. The nave's bolt is polygonal, with curved strips starting from a carved, painted rosette (keystone). The ceiling of the narthex, as well as the surfaces of the nave, which make the transition from the polygonal plane of the vault to the rectangular, rest on carved consoles. Ten moments from the life of Jesus Christ are painted on the nave's vault. The painting can be attributed to Moldovan Gregory of Târgu Pietrii, in the middle of the nineteenth century. The monument church was repaired in 1976 with the contribution of the community in Tulgheș. Photo source: https://ro.wikipedia.org/

The Roman Catholic Church in Cristuru Secuiesc is a historical monument. The church is dedicated to the Ascension of the Holy Cross, celebrated on 14th September. The Catholics recovered the church from the Unitarians in 1767, according to a royal order. The building has been changed several times. It consisted of a nave, a long Gothic altar, a baroque tower on the Western facade, and two sacristies on the sides of the sanctuary. Photo Source: Sudika (hu.Wikipedia.org)

The church hides older elements, from the reign of the Árpád royal house, as well as Gothic ones. It is important to note that there are still many uncertainties about the history of the construction. The current church was built at the end of the eighteenth century - the beginning of the nineteenth century, and it was dedicated to Saint Dominic in 1817. The Madonna sculpture in the church is quite valuable. It was made in the fifteenth century in the Șumuleu school of sculpture. The oil painting representing the crowning of Mary dates back to the 16th century. From an iconographic point of view, it is very interesting that the triple image of Jesus, in the posture of priest, king and prophet, appears behind Mary. Text and photo source: http://virtualisszekelyfold.ro/

In 1334, a Church is mentioned in the written sources as Sancto Abraham. The predecessor of today's building existed during the Middle Ages in a place called "The Church Grounds". The church was covered with mural paintings. It was probably built in the 13th century, and it was demolished in 1802. Today’s Unitarian Church was built in the same place, between 1803 and 1811. The ceiling of the new church probably comes in part (the Western) from the old one, but even that couldn’t be older than the end of the 18th century. Perhaps the bell was contemporary with the old church. According to the capital letters, it dates back to the fourteenth century. The text say: "O REX GLORIE VENI HOW PACE." The bell is preserved today at the National Museum in Budapest. Text and photo source: http://virtualisszekelyfold.ro/

The Reformed Church in Mugeni is probably the most important medieval church of the Odorhei area. It is supposed to have been built in the 13th - 14th centuries. During the 1300's, the nave's side walls were covered at least twice with mural paintings. There are traces of mural paintings on the facade. Today, there are wall murals inside the church, on the western and northern walls of the nave. On the top, there are fragments from the legend of Saint Ladislau and, under them, from the legend of Saint Margaret. The best-preserved mural painting is on the lower row, which illustrates the scene of the Last Judgment. In the second half of the fifteenth century, a major reconstruction was carried out. The old sanctuary was demolished, and the new sanctuary with ribbed vault was built. Text and photo source: http://virtualisszekelyfold.ro/

Today's Roman Catholic parochial church in Sântimbru was built in 1777, when the ogive elements of an older gothic church were integrated into the new one. The typical baroque church still shows traces of the old one, which can be seen mainly at the altar and the tower. There are some very valuable murals from the old church. Of these, an important relic is the large altar with gothic wings from the late fifteenth century, of which some elements remain. There are eight pictures on the cassettes: four scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary (Bunavestire, Naşterea lui Iisus, presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple and the death of the Holy Virgin Mary) on one side, and scenes from the passions of Jesus (Judas kiss, Jesus before Pontius Pilate, the crowning of Jesus with thorns, the Way of the Cross) on the other side. Today we can see these paintings hanging on the nave's wall. Text and photo source: http://virtualisszekelyfold.ro/

The Frumoasa Bell Tower is on the official list of historical monuments in Harghita county, but we do not have the exact date when it was built. The number 1799 is carved on the Szekler gate, which could be the date of construction. It is possible, however, that the bell tower was built earlier, when the fear of intrusion imposed a central role. The building on the Church Street has an unusual appearance among the Transylvanian relics. The bell gallery has a fir tree structure with a plank parapet and a slatted top. The open bell tower that rises from the conical shingle roof has a peculiar aspect. Text and photo source: http://virtualisszekelyfold.ro/

Between 1795 and 1797, craftsmen from Bucovina built the Orthodox wooden church, dedicated to St. Nicholas. It is located in the eastern part of the city. The historic monument has a tall roof and a three-lobe shape. The bell of the church is also noteworthy. The church was consecrated in 1837 by the Romanian bishop Lemeny János. The furniture is valuable, and the same is true about the mural paintings - the ten ancient icons, which are masterpieces of naive painting. At the same time, there are several invaluable items inside the church, such as the linden carved chandelier, the four ceremonial crosses, or the icons depicting St. Nicholas. Text and photo source: http://virtualisszekelyfold.ro/