The Monastery Church is located in the Citadel Square not far from
the Clock Tower. The church, which is built in Gothic style of the hall-churches with 2 naves and 2
rows of pillars, belonged to the Dominican Monastery. The monastery used to be placed to the north of
the church; it was built at the beginning of the 13th century and was demolished at the end of the 19th
century. Its place was taken by the present town hall. The church was restored in the 15th century and
then again after the big fire of 1676. The last repairs were done in 1894 and 1929 when the church aquired
its present day look. The church holds valuable objects like a bronze front dating back to 1440, a stone
door frame carved in 1570 in the Transylvanian Renaissance style and built into the northern wall of the
church, a collection of 17th century oriental carpets donated by merchants and a fine altar piece from 1680.
The organ was built in 1680 in Baroque style by the same artists that carved and painted the altar, the
sculptor Johannes West and the pilgrim painter Jeremias Stranovius. The organ is used even today in many
concerts organized in the church.
