Baia Sprie: Biserica reformată
The Reformed Church in Baia Sprie was built between 1792-1809, the tower being completed in 1836.
But a number of essential information, such as the architect, the craftsman, details of the building history, etc. are not known.
Lately, the problem of identifying the architect with Mihály Péchy (1755-1819), the architect of the reformed church in Debrecen (1805-1821), has arisen. Even if no archive data are published in this respect, the circumstances do not deny the probability of this attribution. Mihály Péchy, considered one of the most important architects of early Hungarian Classicism, had died in Fersig, not far from Baia Sprie. It can be rightly assumed that he was born in Fersig, not in Álmosd (Hungary, Hajdú-Bihar County), as he had argued in earlier literature.
Péchy finished the military academy in Vienna, where he became a military architect, and the peak of his military career was the defense of the Győr fortress in 1809 in the Napoleonic wars. His career as an architect is known only in segments. Its first known ecclesiastical building is the reformed church of Dumbrăvioara (1784-1786), which, even though it is smaller, reminds the church of Baia Sprie, especially regarding the design of the façade and interior space.
Baia Sprie: Biserica reformată
The Reformed Church in Baia Sprie was built between 1792-1809, the tower being completed in 1836.
But a number of essential information, such as the architect, the craftsman, details of the building history, etc. are not known.
Lately, the problem of identifying the architect with Mihály Péchy (1755-1819), the architect of the reformed church in Debrecen (1805-1821), has arisen. Even if no archive data are published in this respect, the circumstances do not deny the probability of this attribution. Mihály Péchy, considered one of the most important architects of early Hungarian Classicism, had died in Fersig, not far from Baia Sprie. It can be rightly assumed that he was born in Fersig, not in Álmosd (Hungary, Hajdú-Bihar County), as he had argued in earlier literature.
Péchy finished the military academy in Vienna, where he became a military architect, and the peak of his military career was the defense of the Győr fortress in 1809 in the Napoleonic wars. His career as an architect is known only in segments. Its first known ecclesiastical building is the reformed church of Dumbrăvioara (1784-1786), which, even though it is smaller, reminds the church of Baia Sprie, especially regarding the design of the façade and interior space.