Egres Abbey

Probably through Yolanda's intercession, Andrew II got close to the Cistercian community of Egres and offered them, starting in 1224, plentiful royal donations.

[6] In 1241, with the great Mongol invasion, the monastic settlement at Egres, surrounded by fortified walls, was besieged and destroyed, and the church and royal tombs were desecrated.

[10] The great Mongol invasion forced many families from the surrounding villages to take refuge in the abbey, but the invaders massacred the entire population.

[13]: 82  Abbot Martin of Egres, in a letter addressed to the pope on 8 November 1499, showed the decline and material lacks of the monastery.

Then, Vladislaus II, with the permission of the Parliament and the Pope, gave the abbey and the surrounding lands to Bishop Miklós Csáky [hu].

In 1541, the abbey was just a military observation point where Peter Petrovics, the commander of Temes County, repaired the walls and set up a garrison.

Because of the danger represented by the potential Ottoman conquest, the local population chose to leave the village and take refuge in other regions of the kingdom.

[16] In 1870, archeological excavations were carried out that identified the ruins of the church along a length of 500 feet, traces of walls, pillars and architectural fragments from the vaults of the nave.