Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Berveni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)

Historical data

The building of the Calvinist church of Berveni was finished, in 1806. The nave ends with a polygonal apse, and the added tower is fit with a clock and an onion bulb shaped roof. The outer decoration is simple, made of plaster, shaping alternating pillars with semicircular windows at the top. The secondary entrance is marked by a porch. The body of the pulpit is made of stone, its crown is simple, made of wood. The church ceiling is simple, with successive arches.

The number of Roman Catholic inhabitants in the village began to grow in the early 20th century. The first place of worship dated from 1927, functioned in a house adjusted into a chapel. The church was consecrated a decade later, and it was dedicated to the 14 Protecting Saints, and then it was rebuilt between 1981-1982. The church today has a modern architecture, with a rectangular tower added to the nave and fit with horizontal overlapping windows, throughout the length of the gable. The image on the altar depicts the 14 Protecting Saints as patrons of the church.

The second village of the municipality, Lucăceni, has been recently formed, in the third decade of the 20th century. The expropriation of the large domains of the nobles started after World War I, after Transylvania had been unified with Romania, affected mostly the Károlyi family. A number of colonized villages with Romanian inhabitants arrived from Maramureş area and the Apuseni Mountains were set in the western part of the county. One of the new localities populated by settlers from Siseşti, Maramureş county, was Lucăceni. The village was originally called Urmaşii lui Vasile Lucaciu (The

Biserica ortodoxă din Lucăceni A Lucăceni-i ortodox templom The Orthodox church of Lucăceni

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