Monastery Church, Sighișoara
The Biserica Mănăstirii Dominicane (Template:Lang-ro) is a fifteenth century Gothic Dominican Order church in Sighişoara, Romania. The church was erected in 1289, and incorporates half of a Dominican monastery which was demolished in 1888.[1] The monastery was one of a network planned by Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian) throughout the Kingdom of Hungary to act as a bulwark against heresy.[2] Saxon nobleman Leonard Barlabassy gave the church an endowment.[3]
In 2014 a photograph taken by Catalina Borta, on holiday at the time, was sent to the Israeli Extraterrestrials and UFOs Research Organization. The photograph was of a mural, believed to date from the sixteenth century and shows a disc hovering over the monastery with smoke billowing around it.[4][5]
References
- ^ Mallows 2012, p. 189.
- ^ Spinei 2012, p. 420.
- ^ Crăciun 2011, p. 64.
- ^ Waugh 2014.
- ^ Goswami 2014.
Bibliography
- Crăciun, Maria (2011). "Mendicant Piety and the Saxon Community of Transylvania, c. 1450-1550". In Crăciun, Maria; Fulton, Elaine (eds.). Communities of Devotion: Religious Orders and Society in East Central Europe, 1450 - 1800. Ashgate. pp. 29–71. ISBN 978-0754663126.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Goswami, Parismita (21 June 2014). "UFO-like Objects Discovered in Ancient Romanian Wall Paintings". International Business Times. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Mallows, Lucinda (2012). Transylvania. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1841624198.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Spinei, Victor (2012). "The Cuman Bishopric—Genesis and Evolution". In Curta, Florin (ed.). The Other Europe in the Middle Ages: Avars, Bulgars, Khazars and Cumans ( (Volume 2 ed.). BRILL. pp. 413–456. ISBN 978-9004163898.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Waugh, Rob (23 October 2014). "Hovering 'UFO' found in 16th Century painting in monastery". Yahoo News. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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