Sacred Heart Basilica (Zagreb)

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Street facade of the basilica
Choir room
Ivan Merz's grave

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart ( Croatian Bazilika Srca Isusova ) is a Roman Catholic church in Zagreb , Croatia . The church of the Archdiocese of Zagreb with the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has the title of a minor basilica and is looked after by Jesuits .

history

The planning of the church began four decades before construction began and was linked to the return of the Jesuits to Zagreb. Archbishop Juraj Haulik donated 60,000 forints for the building of the church in 1860 , to which Archbishop Juraj Posilović added another 12,000. In 1898 the land for a new church and monastery was acquired.

The church was built in neo-baroque style based on plans by the architect Janko Holjac and was consecrated in 1902. It took a decade to complete the equipment. In 1941 Pope Pius XII raised the church to the rank of minor basilica. In 1977 the church was designated a parish church .

In an earthquake on March 22, 2020 , part of the ceiling of the church collapsed.

architecture

The facade is part of the street front. It is characterized by the tall square bell towers with their octagonal tops, between which a triangular gable rises. The Jesuit monastery is on the right. The single-nave church is closed off by a pentagonal apse . The chapels, over which the gallery runs, go off to the side. The barrel vault of the nave rises 20 meters high and spans a width of 13 meters, the area of ​​the interior thus reaches 800 m², to which there are also the choir and galleries , so that the church can hold 3000 visitors.

Furnishing

The main altar with a large image of Christ was erected in 1906. On top of it is a marble cross adorned with jewels and below it is a carved image of the Lamb of God . There are further altars in each of the side chapels. Also in 1906 the organ was installed by Rieger Orgelbau from Jägerndorf, today Krnov .

In the basilica is the grave of Ivan Merz (1896–1928), who was beatified in 2003 and who frequently visited the church.

Web links

Commons : Basilica Sacred Heart  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bazilika Srca Isusova on gcatholic.org
  2. ↑ Information about the parish on the archbishopric website (Croat.)
  3. ↑ Strašno razaranje i urušavanje u crkvi Srca Isusova u Palmotićevoj u Zagrebu. In: vecernji.hr . March 22, 2020, accessed on March 22, 2020 (Croatian).
  4. ↑ History of the basilica (Croat.)

Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′ 32.4 "  N , 15 ° 58 ′ 56.4"  E