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
[edit]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 Candido Zulliani (1712–1769)[2] and consecrated by Bishop Ernest Attems (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
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Chancel and apse -
Plaque, consecration (1747) -
Plaque, chapel of ease status (1836)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Rožnik – zgodovina." Information sign posted inside the church.
- ^ a b Habič, Marko (1997). "Rožnik / Rožnik Hill". Prestolnica Ljubljana nekoč in danes / A Pictorial Chronicle of a Capital City. DZS. pp. 168–169. ISBN 86-341-2007-4.