The Monastery Church, also known as the Church of the Dominican Monastery (, ), is a Gothic church formerly part of a medieval Dominican monastery in

Sighișoara Sighișoara (; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Schäsbrich'', ''Šesburχ'', or ''Scheeßprich''; ; or ) is a Municipiu, city on the Târnava Mare, Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, central Romania. Located in the ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. 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

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

to act as a bulwark against

heresy Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. A heretic is a proponent of heresy. Heresy in Heresy in Christian ...

. Hungarian nobleman

Leonard Barlabássy Leonard Barlabássy de Héderfája (; 1455 – May/September 1525) was a Hungarian nobleman at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, who served as Vice-voivode of Transylvania from 1501 to 1525. Family and early life Leonard Barlabássy (also ...

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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