Visitation of Mary Church (Ljubljana)

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.

Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
General information
Architectural styleBaroque
Town or cityRožnik Hill / Ljubljana
CountrySlovenia
Completed1747
ClientRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana
Technical details
Structural systemBrick and reinforced concrete

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 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]

  • Chancel and apse
    Chancel and apse
  • Plaque, consecration (1747)
    Plaque, consecration (1747)
  • Plaque, chapel of ease status (1836)
    Plaque, chapel of ease status (1836)

References
  1. "Rožnik – zgodovina." Information sign posted inside the church.
  2. 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.

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