After out immersion in WWI and a front row seat to the National Day parade, we rode back to Pest and stopped in Ferenciek Tere. I'd like to tell you that it was to see sites of great historical significance, but alas, I cannot. E saw a toy store she wanted to stop to see.
While she was shopping for a new puzzle to assemble on the dining room table, I was on the other side of the square investigating the the Pest Franciscan Church.
While it is not the grand Szent István Bazilika or the bewildering Mátyás Templom, this church is beautiful in its own way.
This church was built in 1250, destroyed by the Turks in 1526, and by 1690 it was rebuilt and safely back in the hands of the brothers to care for.
The ceiling is ornate but not the busily painted spiritual place of many church ceilings.
The altar area is tastefully over the top with the right amount of statues, gilt, and marble.
The pulpit is accented with the dark blue banners.
And he modest organ loft adds a bit of grandeur above the glassed doors in the rear.
But there are paintings on the ceiling, if not ones that cover the entire place.
The entrance alcove in the rear looks not so much like a church entrance, but rather like the entrance to a fine hotel. I expected to see the concierge step up to help me at any moment.
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