Visitation of Mary Church (Ljubljana) explained

Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Location Town:Rožnik Hill / Ljubljana
Location Country:Slovenia
Client:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana
Completion Date:1747
Structural System:Brick and reinforced concrete
Style:Baroque

Visitation of Mary Church (Slovenian: 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 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]

References

46.0552°N 14.4773°W

Notes and References

  1. "Rožnik – zgodovina." Information sign posted inside the church.
  2. Book: Habič, Marko . Prestolnica Ljubljana nekoč in danes / A Pictorial Chronicle of a Capital City . Rožnik / Rožnik Hill . DZS . 168–169 . 1997 . 86-341-2007-4.