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The church is 60m long, 31 m wide, its sanctuary was 17.3m and the nave 18m high. The architecturally homogeneous Gothic basilica type temple, whose nave is nearby twice as high as the aisles, bears marks of the Danube style. The sanctuary of this massive brick structure faces east. Buttresses
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In 1739, Bishop Imrich Esterházy added an octagon chapel to the northern side of the church; it contains the painting known as the "Merciful Virgin Mary of Trnava". It is a Marian pilgrimage site for the archdiocese.
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