Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Frýdek)

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Facade of the basilica
High altar

The Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary ( Bazilika Navštívení Panny Marie in Czech ) is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in Frýdek-Místek in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic . The listed church in the diocese of Ostrava-Troppau with the patronage of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and bears the title of a minor basilica .

history

In 1665, a statue of the Virgin Mary is said to have been erected on a sandstone pillar at the site of today's basilica, the pilgrimage in 1706 led to the construction of a wooden chapel above the statue. In 1740 the foundation stone of the church was laid, the construction of which was directed by Bartolomäus Wittner. In 1759 the church was consecrated by the prince-bishop of Breslau, Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch . The towers were completed in 1777. The Way of the Cross was built in 1877 and the Sacred Heart Chapel in 1882. The statue of the Virgin Mary was placed above the tabernacle. Frýdek thus became an important place of pilgrimage, which is sometimes referred to as "Silesian Lourdes".

Pope John Paul II elevated the church to a minor basilica in 1999 . In 2011 the outside area was restored. The Ministry of Culture added the church to the list of national cultural monuments of the Czech Republic in 2018.

architecture

The baroque basilica has a single nave and a double tower facade , the towers with their double crosses on the round tower tops rise 60 meters high. The nave is 47.25 meters long, 22.25 meters wide and 22.75 meters high. The main altar, dated after the death of the sculptor Jan Schubert by the sculptor Andreas Schweig in Brno in 1796, bears the statue of Our Lady of Frýdek. The church is equipped with eight chapels. On the sides of the nave there are six side chapels with altars, on the right those of St. Joseph , St. Philip and St. Hedwig ; on the left then St. Michael , St. Francis of Assisi and St. John of God . The entrance to the church's crypt is also in the St. Hedwig chapel . The other two chapels are behind the altar (Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk ) and the presbytery (Chapel of the Holy Cross ).

Below the basilica is the Way of the Cross, around which there is a park. The Way of the Cross with 14 chapels from 1877 surrounds the basilica in the form of a broad horseshoe. Between the chapels of the Way of the Cross, as an extension of the church, there is also the chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin Mary in neo -Renaissance style . The area in front of the church entrance is decorated with a number of sculptures from 1822 and 1949 and a mission cross .

Web links

Commons : Basilica of the Visitation  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kostel Panny Marie Navštívení
  2. ↑ Basilica Navštívení Panny Marie on gcatholic.org
  3. ↑ Basilica of Our Lady Navštívení
  4. ^ Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Silesian Lourdes
  5. ↑ Frýdek

Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 22.9 ″  N , 18 ° 20 ′ 48.1 ″  E