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St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia

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of 1241, the church was destroyed. In the middle of the 13th century the cathedral was rebuilt on the old foundation, in the transitory style between Romanesque and
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contributed to the reconstruction – this was the time when the latter one chose the cathedral of Gyulafehérvár as a burial place. During the first part of the
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in 1009. The construction of the first cathedral was begun that time, though was completed only in the end of the century, under the rule of
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sieged the building. In 1658, during the next invasion of the Ottomans, the cathedral was damaged again.
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The body of the hero was brought to Transylvania and buried in the Catholic cathedral in Alba Iulia
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St. Michael's Cathedral is located in Romania
46°04′03″N 23°34′12″E / 46.0676°N 23.5700°E / 46.0676; 23.5700
Alba Iulia
Romania
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Stephen I of Hungary
Style
Romanesque
Gothic
Archdiocese
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Archbishop
Gergely KovĂĄcs
Romanian
Hungarian
cathedral
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Romania
Stephen I of Hungary
Ladislaus I
Romanesque
Mongol invasion
Gothic
Saxons
15th century
Ottoman–Hungarian wars
archbishop of Esztergom
John Hunyadi

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