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FRANCISCAN CHURCH AND
MONASTERY
IN
BRATISLAVA
The oldest church located
in the old center of Bratislava is the Franciscan Church of the Holy
Virgin Mary's Assumption. It was consecrated on March 25, 1297, in the
presence of King Andrew III, Ostrihom's Archbishop and four highest
bishops of the country. It was rebuild during years’ 1613-1616 in
Renaissance style and later on during years' 1745-1746 in Baroque style.
Numerous fires and earthquakes damaged the church structurally, that in
1897 gothic tower was removed. This tower is now placed in park of Janko
Král in Petržalka, on the right side of Danube.
Franciscan Church
belongs to the most important places of coronation celebration, where the
newly crowned king would come on foot from the cathedral of St. Martin.
During the celebration, Knighting act would take place here. Selected
aristocrats would be knighted to the order of the Golden Spur. On the
north wall-of the church there is a separate two floor Gothic chapel of
St. John Evangelist, built in 14th century. This is a true gem of Gothic
architecture. It was the funeral chapel of the Jakubs' family, the first
lord mayor of Bratislava.
Adjacent to the church is
the Franciscan monastery, first mentioned in 1278, that was a center of
numerous historical events during medieval times of the city. The election
of the city's lord mayor would take place at the monastery and in 1526
Hungarian parliament elected Ferdinand Hapsburg to be the King of
Hungary.
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Bibliography:
Bratislava. Pamiatkova
rezervacia, Blanka a Imrich Puskar, Tatran, Bratislava 1989
Bratislava, Sprievodca, Ing. Helena
Navratilova, Viadimir Hancin, Ing. Marria Klacanska Sport, Bratislava
1989
Bratislavske Priority,
Maxima a Kuriozity, PhDr. Bohuslava Bublincova, PhDr. Jana Vranova, BIPS Sport
Bratislava 1987
Korunovacne Slavnosti, Stefan Holcik, Tatran, Bratislava 1988
Published in the
Slovak Heritage Live newsletter Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 1994
Copyright © Vladimir Linder 1994
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