The Reformed-Calvinist Church

 The Reformed-Calvinist Church in Turda Noua was built between 1500-1504, on the site of an earlier church built between 1311-1340. It is listed as a historical monument in the county of Cluj by the Romanian Ministry of Culture in 2015. There was already a Romano-Catholic church on the site in 1179, but it was destroyed by the Tatars in 1241. According to tradition, the Romano-Catholic church was rebuilt by King Carol Robert of Hungary in honor of St. Ladislau in the early Gothic style. The early Gothic style was modified to the late Gothic style during the 1504 restoration, which can still be seen today. 

The sanctuary and sacristy are in the late Gothic style, while the consoles are in the Empire style and the bell tower is in the Baroque style. The church was built by the same team of builders who worked on the Romano-Catholic Church in Turda Veche. The church is a hall-type church with a polygonal altar, a sacristy, a porch, and a bell tower. The north and south facades, and the choir, are supported by massive buttresses. The church is plain and lacks decorative elements. The main entrance is on the south side, under a semi-cylindrical vault supported by a double arch. The windows have simple frames without decoration. 

 

In the 15th century, a fortified wall of elliptical shape was built around the church, 4-5 m high, with 6 semi-circular bastions and a square bastion (the square bastion was also the residence of the bell ringer). The wall was reinforced with buttresses at 4-5 m intervals. Only one of the semi-circular bastions remains today ("The Parcalab Tower"), inscribed with the year 1870. The square bastion, which serves as the entrance to the courtyard ("The Entrance Tower"), has also been preserved. In the northwest wall, the remains of a portal in a broken arch can be seen, and next to it the inscription: RENOVATUM ANNO 1740 TEMPORE CURATORIS KOMIVES.

In the 16th century, the church changed from Roman Catholic to Reformed-Calvinist worship.

The church suffered damage during the military conflicts of 1600-1601. In the 18th century, the main ship of the church was restored in the Baroque style with stuccos.

The church's exterior was renovated in the years 1969-1972.

Bilingual plaque

On the southern façade of the church, a plaque with a bilingual text (in Latin and Hungarian) is embedded. The Latin text and its Romanian translation:

Pax facet divitias (Peace brings prosperity)

Divitiae superbiam (Prosperity brings pride)

Superbia contemptum (Pride brings contempt)

Contemptus bellum (Contempt brings war)

Bellum paupertatem (War brings poverty)

Paupertas humilitatem (Poverty brings humility)

Humilitas pacem (Humility brings peace)