Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (), formerly known as the Mosque of Pasha Qasim (, ) is a Roman Catholic church in Pécs, Hungary, which was a mosque in the 16–17th century due to the Ottoman conquest. It is one of the symbols of the city, located in the downtown, on the main square (Széchenyi square). The current building, a hundred steps in length and in width, was built by Pasha Qasim the Victorious between 1543 and 1546. The mosque was converted into a church in 1702,Pécs Lexikon, Ferenc Romváry, Pécs, 2010, pp. 98, after Habsburg-Hungarian troops reconquered the city. The minaret was destroyed by the Jesuits in 1766. One of the largest Ottoman constructions remaining in Hungary, the building still retains many Turkish architectural characteristics. Read more on Wikipedia

type: church
date from: 16th century

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