Votive Church of Szeged
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The Votive Church of Our Lady of Hungary is a twin-spire
Spire
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from the Old English word spir, meaning a sprout, shoot, or stalk of grass....

d church in Szeged
Szeged
' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....

, it lies on Dóm square
Dóm square
Dóm tér is a large town square in Szeged, Hungary. It's one of the largest squares in Hungary . The name Dóm tér derived from Votive Church of Szeged , which lies on the square. It was built from 1929 to 1932 with the surrounding university buildings.-Source:*Déry Attila, Merényi Ferenc: Magyar...

. Construction began in 1913, but due to the outbreak of the First World War, it was not completed until 1930.

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It is the fourth largest church in Hungary. The dome is 54m outside (33m above the inside floor) and the towers are both 91m high. The "Heroes' bell" in the tower on the Tisza side weighs 8600kg.
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