Former ursuline convent in Sibiu, Historic religious complex in Sibiu, Romania.

The Ursuline Church in Sibiu is a Baroque church on General Gheorghe Magheru Street, rebuilt by the Ursuline nuns between 1728 and 1733 from an earlier Gothic Dominican church. Gothic features remain outside: buttresses, trilobed upper windows and the west portal. Inside, the triumphal arch bears a Latin inscription with the year 1774 in red Roman numerals, and the side altars show Saint Ursula, Angela Merici and Saint Emeric.

Dominican friars built the present church in 1479 inside the town walls, after their earlier monastery outside was burned during the Mongol siege of 1241 and damaged by Turkish raids in 1432. In 1543 the Saxon town adopted Lutheranism and the church passed to Lutherans for 150 years. Ursuline nuns from Pressburg (Bratislava) took it over on 12 July 1733 and rebuilt it in Baroque style; Maria Theresa funded a renovation in 1774.

The name reflects the Ursuline nuns who arrived in 1733 and made this their home and school. Visitors can still see the statues of saints positioned on columns inside, which create a religious focal point throughout the interior.

The building is located on General Magheru Street 34-36 in central Sibiu and is accessible by car or on foot. Keep in mind that it remains an active place of worship, so respectful behavior during visiting hours is important.

Above the triumphal arch, a Latin inscription records that Empress Maria Theresa funded the church's restoration in 1774. Some letters are picked out in red; read as Roman numerals, they add up to that year. The text calls her "reginae augustae" and names her as the building's benefactor.