The Assumption of Mary Cathedral ( ro, Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului din Baia Mare, Catedrala Sfânta Maria) is a

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church in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...

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. The cornerstone was laid in 1905, the building completed in 1911. In 1930, the church became the cathedral of the new Romanian Catholic Diocese of Maramureș. When the Greek-Catholic Church was outlawed by the

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in 1948, the cathedral became a Romanian Orthodox parish. It continues to be used as such, which has led to legal disputes.

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