Visitation of Mary Church (Ljubljana)
Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Baroque |
Town or city | Rožnik Hill / Ljubljana |
Country | Slovenia |
Completed | 1747 |
Client | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Brick and reinforced concrete |
Visitation of Mary Church (Slovene: cerkev Marijinega obiskanja) is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana, located on Rožnik Hill in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
History[]
A church was already recorded on Rožnik Hill in a 1526 document, stating that it had to provide a copper chalice and three pounds of hellers for the war effort.[1] This church was razed in 1740, and a new church was built in 1746[1] according to plans by (1712–1769)[2] and consecrated by Bishop (1742–1757) in 1747.[1] The church was damaged by artillery fire during the Napoleonic siege of Ljubljana, and after its 1814 renovation it was given a Neoclassical facade.[2] Management of the church was taken over by the Franciscans in 1826, and in 1836 it was transferred to the order as a chapel of ease.[1] New altars were installed in the church in 1895.[1]
Gallery[]
Chancel and apse
Plaque, consecration (1747)
Plaque, chapel of ease status (1836)
References[]
Coordinates: 46°3′18.71″N 14°28′38.39″E / 46.0551972°N 14.4773306°E
- Roman Catholic churches in Ljubljana
- Baroque church buildings in Slovenia
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1747
- 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovenia
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