Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Catedrala Sfânta Treime) | |
Geo: | 46.1736°N 23.9231°W |
Consecration Year: | 1749 |
Status: | Major cathedral |
Groundbreaking: | 1741 |
Year Completed: | 1749 |
Dome Quantity: | 2 |
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity[1] (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Catedrala Sfânta Treime) in Blaj, Romania[2] [3] is a Romanian Greek Catholic cathedral commissioned by bishop Inocențiu Micu-Klein in 1738. The church was built by Viennese architects Anton Erhard Martinelli and Johann Baptist Martinelli, being completed in 1749.[4]
The building was extended in 1838, when the two monumental towers were added.