St, Matthias Church

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St. Matthias Church

St. Matthias Church
St. Matthias Church

As our bus drives along Hunyadi János Way, we get an impressive view of the church and the beginning of the Fishermen’s Bastion.

As we walked up Tárnok Street, to Trinity Square, we saw this view of St. Matthias church.

first view from street
first view from street

 

 

On the left of the square is the Trinity Column, built around 1710-1713 at the end of the plague in hopes of preventing another epidemic.It was conveniently located in front of the old pharmacy shop.
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The roof of St. Matthias Church is covered with a beautiful bright mosaic tile.

tiled roof
tiled roof

Inside the church there is a feeling of warmth and comfort from the earthy colours and lighting. Flash pictures bring out the blue accent colour.

Inside St. Matthias Church
Inside St. Matthias Church
Alter and puplit
Alter and puplit
alter
alter
above alter
above alter
above pulpit
above pulpit

In the back of the church is a large font, about 2 meters across.

Baptismal Font
Baptismal Font

All Catholic churches are filled with icons in honour of the many saints.

icons
icons
Mary and baby
Mary and baby

After viewing a small museum on the second floor, we get a view of the church interior from the balcony.

View of alter from 2nd floor
View of alter from 2nd floor
view of nave from  2nd floor
view of nave from 2nd floor

Next we spent some time looking at the wonderful views across the Danube to Pest from the castle like structure to the right called Fishermen’s Bastion.

Fishermens's Bastion
Fishermens’s Bastion

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