St. Anthony Of Padua Church (Arad, Romania)
St. Anthony of Padua Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 96A Revoluției Boulevard in Arad, Romania, Arad, Romania. It is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua. The church was designed by local architect Milan Tabaković and built between 1902 and 1904 on the site of an earlier Baroque architecture, Baroque church, demolished for the project. Interior design, including frescoes, altar decoration and stained glass, took longer, so that consecration did not occur until 1911. The building is surrounded by the Order of Friars Minor, Minorite Palace, which now hosts businesses. The style is eclectic, with Neoclassical, Baroque and Renaissance revival elements. The main entrance is flanked by four massive columns with Corinthian order, Corinthian capitals. Above, there is a copy of Michelangelo’s ''Pietà (Michelangelo), Pietà''. Still higher, there is a quotation in Hungarian from Gospel of Luke, Luke 19:46: ''Az én házam imádság háza'' (“My house is the house of praye ...
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