Chapel of St. Rochus (Subotica)
The Chapel of St. Rochus ( Serbian : Капела Светог Рока / Kapela Svetog Roka) is a Roman Catholic chapel in the center of the northern Serbian city of Subotica .
The chapel, built in 1874 or 1884, belongs to the parish Stari Grad (old town) of the Subotica deanery in the Roman Catholic diocese of Subotica and is dedicated to St. Rochus , the patron saint of plague sufferers.
The St. Roch Chapel is an important urban cultural monument under the protection of the State of Serbia.
location
The chapel is located on Matka Vukovića Street in the center of the town. The Svetozar Marković grammar school and the town's synagogue are nearby .
history
The first chapel was built from rammed earth in 1738 on the spot where around 30 citizens of the city were killed by the army of Jovan Popović Tekelija during the Great Turkish War in 1695 .
In 1738 numerous citizens of the city fell victim to a devastating plague epidemic , which ended on August 16, the commemoration day of the plague saint St. Rochus. At the suggestion of the Franciscans - Monks of the city was dedicated to him the chapel and raised him in the same year as the patron saint of the city.
In 1753 the chapel was renovated and expanded in 1773. From 1773 to 1779 the chapel was the parish church of Subotica until 1779 the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Theresa of Avila was completed.
The current chapel was built in 1874 or 1884 under the direction of the Subotica architect Titus Mačković . The chapel is a single-nave church building with a semicircular apse in the east and a massive dome over the nave. The arched entrance is framed by pilasters with professionally executed capitals . The decorative elements on the facade of the chapel are made in the neo-renaissance style, which is characteristic of the work of Titus Mačković.
The chapel was restored in 1950, 1981/1982 and 2007/2008. The cost of the renovation work in 2007/2008, where among other things the chapel was given special exterior lighting, amounted to 4.2 million Serbian dinars .
Web links
- Article about the chapel on the Spomenici kulture page , (Serbian)
- Article about the renovation 2007/2008 on the page Sudirekcija.rs , (Serbian)
- Article about the chapel on www.danas.rs , (Serbian)
Coordinates: 46 ° 5 ′ 57.9 ″ N , 19 ° 39 ′ 42.9 ″ E