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Church of the Name of Mary

Church of the Name of Mary

Ruše, SI

The Church of the Name of Mary is a pilgrimage church, believed to have been founded in 900. After the destruction by the Turks in 1532, the church was renovated. In the 17th century, four more chapels were added, and by the beginning of the 18th century, the interior of the church was entirely baroque and decorated with stuccoes and frescoes.

Church of the Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sosnowice

Church of the Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sosnowice

Paszkówka, PL

The Auxiliary Church of the Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sosnowice was erected in the second half of the 16th century under the patronage of the Strzała family, the Sosnowice landlords, as a small filial church of the parish in Paszkówka.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Zenica

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Zenica

Zenica, BA

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1883. Painting of the church began in 1984 in commemoration of the centenary of the building. The church is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

, BY

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Muravankaa is a monument of sacred defensive architecture in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Founded in the 16th century, the church is a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance styles. The church suffered successive wars in the 17th and 18th centuries, but was repaired in 1871-1872.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Nyzhnii Verbizh, UA

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a wooden tserkvas built between 1756 and 1808. The church has the particularity of being covered with sheet metal. Its architect, Grigory Semeniuk the Little, received a gold medal of merit from the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand for this work.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Kozzie

Kozzie, BY

The first mention of the Orthodox parish near the village of Kozye date back to 1879. Around 1948, Alexander Mucha's family, which preserved icons, khorugvi and other church utensils of the destroyed temple in Demehy, gave their old home for liturgical needs. That's when the parish in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared. In the 1970s, the church was closed by the authorities, then it burned down.

Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin

Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin

Alhama de Aragón, ES

The church was constructed according to a Latin cross plan with a straight front between the years 1626 and 1657, the transept of the church is domed over the squinches, against the lunette vaults covering the presbytery, the arms of the transept and the nave. The 20th century has been the zenith of Mudejar plastering although such decoration appeared and was developed in the 17th when it was confined only to the vault and dome embellishment in the bow arches of the parish and convent church structures. Starting in 1660 this decorative trend which has its origin from the Mudejar craft tradition used to appear first in Zaragoza and afterwards the rest of the territory with the focal point in the Jalón Valley.

Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God

Slivnica, MK

The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God is the church of the Slivnica Monastery. The monastery church was built in 1607, while the monastery dwelling and other surrounding buildings were erected before the church was built. The enclosed porch and the bell tower were built in the 19th century. The church has one of the most important paintings of the post-Byzantine period in Macedonia.

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