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Church of Our Lady Immaculate

Church of Our Lady Immaculate

Bruxelles, BE

The Church of Our Lady Immaculate is a neo-Romanesque church was built in 1854 for the Capuchin fathers who made it their parish. The church is a Catholic parish. In 1587, the Capuchin fathers settled in Brussels. They remained there for a little over two centuries. At the end of 1796, during the French revolutionary period, their convent was confiscated and publicly sold by the French as 'national property'. In the 19th century, in 1852, the Capuchins returned. They settled in the heart of the city, near the Place du Jeu de Balle, in the Marolles district.

Church of Our Lady in summo

Church of Our Lady in summo

Poznań, PL

The church of the Blessed Virgin Mary "in summo" (on the town) was built in the 15th century, but its history begins around 965, year of the construction of a castle chapel on the island of Ostrów Tumski.

Church of Our Lady of Auzils

Church of Our Lady of Auzils

Gruissan , FR

The name "Lady of Auzils" was given in 1223, when the monks of Boulboune, in Ariège, bought the priory. The current chapel seems to have been built in 1635. Since then, it has been renovated and consolidated many times. The choir of the Church is built above the Saint-Salvaire cave.

Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Sułów, PL

The Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa was built between 1765 and 1767 as a protestant church. It was erected on an octagonal plan. On the east side, under the sacristy, there is a burial crypt. Inside there is the high altar, made around 1765, sculptures of St. John the Baptist and Moses from the 18th century and a bas-relief depicting the Last Supper in Renaissance style.

Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa

Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa

Warszawa, PL

The Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa was built in the 1960s. The parish choir has won numerous awards and distinctions, its current conductor is the parish organist Tomasz Graś.

Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa

Zielona Góra, PL

The Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa was built between 1746 and 1748 with a cross-shaped plan. After the end of the Silesian Wars (1740-1763), the Prussian authorities restored the religious freedom of the Protestants and gave permission to build a church. Originally, the church did not have a tower. The tower was built in 1828. In 1929, a clock made in Berlin was installed in the tower.

Church of Our Lady of Health

Zadar, HR

When in 1752 a massive fire broke out at the Arsenal, a warehouse that was storing gunpowder for the war fleet of the Republic of Venice, the citizens of Zadar desperately called upon the Lady of Castello, or today Our Lady of Health. Since the fire burned itself out thanks to the help of Our Lady, the citizens of Zadar organize a procession every year on 21st November and distribute fritule (fritters) to passers-by, as a sign of gratitude to the Lady. The stone plate with words of appreciation to Our

Church of Our Lady of Health

Church of Our Lady of Health

Split, HR

The church of Our Lady of Health was built in 1937 and is on the site of an older church dating from the 18th century. The 18th century Baroque Church of Our Lady of Health was demolished in the early 1930s, and the new modernist style church was built in its place in 1937, according to the design of the Zagreb architect Lavoslav Horvat. The old baroque bell tower of the church has been preserved.

Church of Our Lady of Laeken

Church of Our Lady of Laeken

Brussels, BE

A Gothic church, whose choir is still visible in the cemetery, has existed in Laeken since the 13th century. The old church was destroyed in 1872-3 to make way for the new church of Our Lady of Laeken, which was commissioned by Leopold I to house the remains of his wife Queen Louise-Marie of Orléans. Since then, this splendid neo-gothic church has served as a necropolis for the Belgian royal family.

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