Due to the growth of the Catholic population in Szentes, a need arose in the Felsőpárt district for the construction of a new church. In a decree issued in 1920, the Bishop of Vác called for the division of the...
The Reformed population of Szentes increased significantly in the 19th century. Consequently, in 1871, the presbytery deemed it necessary to build a new church in the Felsőpárt district, as it was too far from the Reformed Great Church in the...
In the spring of 1908, the widow of István Rekettyés established a foundation at the Roman Catholic Church in Szentes to have a chapel built in the Kálvária cemetery. The design competition organised by the parish council was won by...
The small, dilapidated church built on the foundations of the medieval church was closed by the Bishop of Vác in 1842. In the spring of 1844, the church was demolished, with the exception of the three-storey Baroque tower, which still...
The Lutheran church at 9 Kossuth Lajos Street, in the centre of Szentes, stands out with its fine proportions and slender, soaring tower, next to the Reformed and Orthodox churches. The church blends harmoniously into the townscape. With its neo-Gothic,...
The Ecseri church ruins are the only, and partially standing, medieval monument in Szentes and its surrounding area. The remains of the building can still be seen today along the road leading from Szentes to Szarvas, in the middle of...
On the northern side of Kossuth Square stands one of Szentes’s most significant listed buildings, the early classicist Reformed Church (1808–1826). The lower part of its tower with a fire-watch circular balcony was built in 1774. The church is one...
The St Nicholas Hungarian Orthodox Church is the oldest listed building in Szentes. In the first half of the 18th century, due to the war, many Greek merchant families fled to Hungary, and several of them settled in Szentes. Initially,...
