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The Convent of the Poor Claires in Óbuda Herta Bertalan During the construction of the housing estate of Óbuda (Budapest, 3rd district) between 1973 and 1976, the main walls of a 14th century Church and Convent of the Poor Clairs were uncovered on a site defined by the streets Fényes Adolf, Perc and Mókus. The convent was founded in 1334 by Elizabeth Lokietek, the wife of King Charles Robert. The main part of the convent was built around a 35 metres by 35 metres quadrangle between 1346 and 1350. The refectory had a hypocaust. The aisled church and the aisleless Corpus Christi Chapel stood on the north side of the convent. The elongated nave is closed by a five-sided apse. The side-chancels resemble chapels and have polygonal apses as well. A choir (sized 20 m x 20) for the nuns was situated on the western part of the church. The western courtyard, the hospital and a fence surrounding the convent were built after 1353. After 1374 the cemetery of the nunnery on the north side of the church was extended and the chancel of the Corpus Christi Chapel was lengthened. Quen Elizabeth, the founder of the convent, was buried here in December 1380. Parallel with the reconstruction of the chapel, minor alterations were also carried out in the convent. That was the time when the large space in the north-western corner of the cloister and to the west of the chapel was developed. Large-scale construction work affecting the entire convent and church was carried out after 1526. Followig the catastrophic defeat of the Hungarian army in the Battle of Mohács, the Sultan's army marching on Buda encamped at Óbuda. When they set fire on the town before withdrawal, the convent also suffered substantial damages. Prior to the Turkish occupation of Buda in 1541, the nuns abandoned the convent and moved to Pozsony (Bratislava) and Nagyszombat (Trnava). After Buda's recapture in 1686, they were unable to return to Óbuda, and so they built a new convent in Buda Castle. The nuns of Óbuda lived here right until the dissolution of the order. That was also the time when Queen Elizabeth's private altar was put on auction. The convent was built by Corrardus Theutonicus' the leading master of Queen Elizabeth's workshop in Óbuda. The tendencies typical of the architecture of the mendicant orders were present in the work of Theutonicus workshop combined with South German and Austrian forms. The excavated convent and church are both among the most important examples of Hungarian architecture during the Anjou period. Illustrations 1. The goundplan of the excavated convent and church. Legend: 1 - mid 14th century, the first phase of construction. 2 - after 1353, the second phase of construction. 3 - construction work, around 1380. 4 - construction work, after 1374. 5 - construction work, after 1526. 6 - pavement of mortar floor. 7 - brick floor. 8 - graves. 9. - mediaeval cobbled road. 10 - remains of carved stones The room numbering of the cloister: 1 - church. 2 - cloister 3 - vestry. 4 passage. 5 - library. 6 - chapter house. 7 - hall of the novices. 8 — refectory. 9 - kitchen. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 - rooms of the lay sisters. Under-