St. Martin's Parish Church (Bled)
St. Martin's Parish Church (Slovene: župnijska cerkev svetega Martina) in Bled (northwestern Slovenia) is the parish church of the .
Construction[]
A Gothic Revival structure was built from 1903 until 1905 according to plans by the Austrian architect Friedrich von Schmidt, with minor modifications, particularly in regard to internal equipment, by the architect Josip Vancaš. It was built by the Gustav Tönnies Company from Ljubljana.[1]
Equipment[]
The church contains a number of frescoes painted in 1930 by the Prešeren Award-winning artist Slavko Pengov, including one portraying Vladimir Lenin as Judas Iscariot in a depiction of the Last Supper. It also hosts a number of statues by Ivan Vurnik.[2]
References[]
External links[]
- Media related to St. Martin's Parish Church (Bled) at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 46°22′13.85″N 14°6′15.73″E / 46.3705139°N 14.1043694°E
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1905
- Bled
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Slovenia
- Josip Vancaš buildings
- 1905 establishments in Austria-Hungary
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovenia