The Series Historic Buildings in Transylvania, launched in 1993, presents the most precious examples of Transylvanian built heritage connected to the Hungarian culture, with the purpose of drawing the general public's attention on values, heritage and our responsibilities towards these. The publications of this series are recommended especially to those who at present own or use such values, but also to those who are interested in history, architecture and the Transylvanian art.

Number 24 of the Series Historic Buildings in Transylvania presents the Calvinist church of the more than one thousand years old town, Satu Mare. The town, formed from the settlements of Sătmar and Mintiu, became Protestant during the Reformation. A Calvinist church was built already at the end of the 17^th century, but it was destroyed in 1703, in the place of which the present Baroque church was built in 1788-1807. In the second half of the 19^th century, the church was surrounded by a row of low stone columns connected by chains, hence the name of this place of worship.