Livada, Calvinist church

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"The settlement lying on the plane between the Tur and Someş rivers first appeared in 14th century sources. The church, aligned on an east-west axis, has largely retained its medieval form. It consists of a rectangular nave, and a sanctuary ending in three sides of an octagon. An arched portal opens onto the west wall of the nave. The windows of the nave and sanctuary are decorated with tracery. The triumphal arch, with its pointed top, survives, as does the closed-off sacristy door in the northern wall of the sanctuary. The western section of the sanctuary vaulting consists of a simple ribbed cross vault, while the vaulting in the eastern section is more complex. The keystones are decorated with shields. Tradition connects the founding of the church to Zsuzsanna Báthori, and surviving details suggest the building was erected in the middle of the 15th century. A date on the sacristy portal can be deciphered as 1457. The wooden bell tower standing by the church was built in 1811."