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The
Piarist
Church
,
also
known
as
the
Jesuit
Church
located
at
5
Str.
Universității,
Cluj-Napoca,
Romania,
anddedicated
to
the
Holy
Trinity,
was
the
first
Roman
Catholic
church
built
in
Transylvania
after
the
ProtestantReformation,
as
well
as
the
province's
first
Baroque
church
building.
Among
the
city's
more
notable
edifices,
it
served
as
a
prototype
for
numerous
other
churches
in
Transylvania.
On
13
March
1718,
Jesuit
priests
began
a
fundraising
campaign
in
order
to
build
the
church.
Bishop
GeorgiusMartonfi
laid
the
cornerstone;
the
church
was
completed
in
1724
.
The
church
was
restored
in
1775,
1831,
1943,
1970
and
2005-6.
The
church
has
two
clock
towers,
each
45
m
high.
There
are
three
narrow
vertical
windows
above
theentrance,
meant
to
help
illuminate
the
interior.
The
main
door
is
surrounded
by
rich
ornamentation;
above
itthere
is
a
bas-relief
of
the
Trinity
with
the
Latin
inscription
Honori
Sanctissimae
Trinitatis
("In
Honour
of
the
MostHoly
Trinity").
Underneath
the
church
building
there
is
a
crypt
with
140
graves.