Saint Michael Church, Catholic church in Dunakeszi, Hungary.
Saint Michael Church in Dunakeszi is a neo-Baroque parish church formed by attaching a new main nave and narrower side aisle to the south side of the 1756 Baroque Old Church, which now serves as its left side chapel. The two-towered west facade is divided into five sections by pilasters and lizenes, with the outer sections slightly concave. A terrace with a concrete balustrade and iron railing, reached by steps from the north and south, leads to the entrance.
Count Antal Grassalkovich ordered a church built in Dunakeszi; the Baroque single-towered structure was consecrated on 29 September 1756, the feast of Saint Michael. In 1935 pastor János Fieszl and architect Oszvaldik Gyula planned a neo-Baroque extension attached to the old church's south side. Work began on 31 May 1936, Christmas and Easter 1937 were already celebrated inside, and Bishop Árpád István Hanauer consecrated the new church on 10 October 1937.
The church keeps its name from Saint Michael the Archangel because it was consecrated on his feast day, 29 September 1756. The old Baroque church became the left side chapel of the enlarged building after 1936, and the parish has kept a Historia Domus chronicle since priest Manigay György began it in the 18th century.
The church stands on Szent Mihály tér, visible from Route 2 from Budapest by its two towers. Enter from the west via a terrace with a semicircular retaining wall and iron balustrade, reached by steps from the north and south. The old Baroque church now serves as the left side chapel.
The old Baroque church was not demolished when the new one was built: from 1936 it became the left side chapel of the enlarged parish church, and its west facade with the single tower was kept. The crypt lies beneath the former sanctuary.
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