Sveta Jelena

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Chapel of St. Helena

Sveta Jelena is a late medieval town near the town of Čakovec in the northern Croatian region of Međimurje .

Formerly a separate village, Sveta Jelena is now part of the village and the municipality of Šenkovec . The place became famous for the Pauline monastery complex (with the church, chapel and accompanying ancillary structures) of Sveta Jelena (German: Saint Helena ), where the members of the Croatian noble family Zrinski were buried in the 16th and 17th centuries. Of the whole complex, only the chapel remains today. It contains Gothic frescoes attributed to an Italian master from the end of the 14th century.

The monastery itself was founded on August 27, 1376 by the Croatian Ban Stjepan II Lacković and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and all saints . Later the place was under the rule of the noble family Zrinski , Althann and Knežević . When the Croatian-Hungarian King Joseph II of Habsburg-Lothringen repealed the Pauline Order on February 7, 1786, its members left the monastery.

Over the centuries, the facility has undergone several modifications as it was damaged or partially destroyed by fires and earthquakes. In 1880, an earthquake finally destroyed almost all of the buildings that remained. In 1990 and 1997, archaeological excavations and investigations of the site were carried out by the local museum of Međimurje. The research continues.

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  • Pauliner monastery in the 18th century

  • Remains of the Pauliner monastery and the remaining chapel

  • The chapel of St. Helena - south side

  • Entrance to the chapel

  • South wall

  • Fresco painting

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Museum Međimurje ( Memento of July 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Coordinates: 45 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E