St. Anthony of Padua Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 96A Revoluției Boulevard in Arad, Romania. It is dedicated to Saint

Anthony of Padua Anthony of Padua, Order of Friars Minor, OFM, (; ; ) or Anthony of Lisbon (; ; ; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor. ...

. The church was designed by local architect

Milan Tabaković Milan Tabaković ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Табаковић, ; 14 August 1860 – 10 September 1946) was a Serbian architect. He designed numerous buildings in his hometown of Arad (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Romania). He also designed buildin ...

and built between 1902 and 1904 on the site of an earlier

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

church, demolished for the project. Interior design, including frescoes, altar decoration and

stained glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...

, took longer, so that consecration did not occur until 1911. The building is surrounded by the

Minorite The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor being the largest contem ...

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 capitals. Above, there is a copy of

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...

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Pietà The Pietà (; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Mary (mother of Jesus), Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross. It is most often found in sculpture. ...

''. Still higher, there is a quotation in Hungarian from

Luke Luke may refer to: People and fictional characters * Luke (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Luke (surname), including a list of people with the name * Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luk ...

19:46: ''Az én házam imádság háza'' (“My house is the house of prayer”). The

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

measures 43 meters long by 17 meters wide, while the cross on the dome is 56 meters above ground level. The dome holds bells cast at a local foundry. A painting by

György Vastagh György Vastagh (12 April 1834 in Szeged – 21 February 1922 in Budapest) was a Hungarian portrait and genre painter. Biography His father was a shipping administrator, but had artistic leanings, which influenced György to start painting ...

above the white marble altar depicts the patron saint. The side altars feature the Baroque paintings from the old church. The stained glass near the entrance is noted for its quality. The pipe organ, from 1905, has 40 stops and 1200 pipes, producing a rich sound.Description
at the Arad City Guide site The church is listed as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...

by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Arad

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