The Monastery Church, also known as the Church of the Dominican Monastery ( ro, Biserica Mănăstirii Dominicane, german: Dominikanerkapelle), is a

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church formerly part of a medieval Dominican monastery in

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. The monastery was erected in 1289, and demolished in 1888. The monastery was one of a network planned by Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian) throughout the

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to act as a bulwark against

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. Hungarian nobleman Leonard Barlabássy gave the church an endowment. File:Sighisoara Biserica Manastirii.JPG File:Sighisoara Biserica Manastirii (2).JPG File:Sighisoara Biserica Manastirii (3).jpg

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