Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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SIGHTSEEING 219 The corner of its shorter southern side is occupied by the medieval prebendal house called the Curia. It used to be owned by a member of the chapter, who gave it as a present to the chapter in 1520. The contemporary shield-shaped stone tablet The funnel-shaped Main Square of the town Blessed Virgin Mary. The Dominicans were invited to Vác by Bishop Mihály Dvornikovits in 1699 so that they helped the local priests, who were few in number. Their single-aisled Rococo church was being built between 1699 and with inscriptions in the gateway reminds the visitors of him. The chapter was a body of the prebends in charge of certain tasks, a council organization of the bishopric. Until 1876 it also performed notarial functions and made certified documents; it was similar to that of a notary's office today. The cadastre of The building of the Curia and the music pavilion with chimes 1718 still mentioned the building under the name of Curia, but in 1770 it was already used as an inn. Upstairs there was a ballroom, a theatre room and later a cinema, while in the yard the customers were received in a "palm and laurel beer garden". Its Baroque fagade was rebuilt in eclectic style at the end of the 19th century. The southern side of the square is dominated by the parish church of the UpperTown,the Church of the White (Friars) and their former monastery. The local name of the church refers to the white habit of the Dominican friars; the official title of the church is Victory and it was dedicated to the 1755; as it was customary at the time, even after the building had been put to use, it was further extended. The last stage of the constructions was the forming of the fagade looking onto the square in the 1770s. The roof of the church burnt down in 1774, the spire has never been rebuilt. We can see the stone statues of St Dominic and St Emery on the fagade while Mary Immaculate is above the main entablature. The ornate rococo details of the interior were made between 1760-1770. The high altar, which occupies the wall of the chancel, is held by limestone columns imitating marble, while the back wall is decorated with bas-reliefs made of plaster of Paris and timber fretwork. On the top of the altar there is an inscription reminding us that we are standing in front of a privileged altar. Before the Decree on "Enchiridion Indulgentiarum" of 1968 by the Vatican the souls for whom mass was celebrated on an altar like this could The Main Square renewed in 2006 In the 1930s In 1933 Before the reconstruction in 2006
