The most beautiful religious buildings Gherla

The imposing Armenian Church of the Holy Trinity(Sfânta Treime) was built between 1748 and 1804, at a time when Gherla was one of the most important centers of the Armenian community in Eastern Europe. All white, in Transylvanian Baroque style, with three towers, it houses ^14th-century gospels, including one written in Cyprus in 1316. Also on display is a painting attributed to Rubens, The Descent from the Cross. The high altar and secondary altars are decorated with typically Baroque paintings and statues.

It is in this 16th century monastery that the craze for icons on glass was born. Practiced here since the 12th century, the activity developed strongly from 1699: that year, according to legend, tears flowed from the icon of the Virgin Mary for twenty-six days. It can be seen inside the Sfântul Ioan church Botezătorul (1879). The monastery also includes a wooden church dating from 1701 and a museum exhibiting many icons from different periods. On August 15, a crowd of pilgrims converges on this monastery and its famous icon.