Church of Our Lady of the Snows — Attraction in okres Olomouc

This is one of the most owrwhelmingly beautiful Baroque styled churches in the Czech Republic. The exterior is nice but the entire is very, very owrwhekming!!!

The building stems from the prototype of a Jesuit church with a ring of chapels above the main nave. The most expressive element of the undulated frontispiece of the cathedral is the monumental portal with twisted columns, a balcony with a balustrade and cartouche. The cathedral's interior has lavish stucco work and painted ornamentation. The church was built on the site of a former Minorite Monastery, part of the oldest Jesuit college in Moravia. The original church was destroyed by the Swedish army but was not restored as it was not big enough. The new church was constructed following the design and a wooden model by M. Klein under the guidance of L. Klöckel. During a visit by Cardinal Aldobrandini, later Pope Clement VIII, or on state visits by emperors, the church could hold as many as 2,500 people. In 1773, when the Jesuit order was dissolved, the complex passed to the local military garrison and served as a warehouse. Today it is once again accommodates the university established in 1576, renowned in the 18th century for its graphic theses, carved in Czech and...

Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow. This university church was built by Olomouc Jesuit from 1712 to 1719 on the site of the former Minorite monastery church. Impressive frescoes and organ. Visit this place and recommend the donations for the...

Základní kámen na místě někdejšího minoritského klášterního kostela byl položen v roce 1712 a v únoru 1716 byl vysvěcen. Zasvěcen byl Panně Marii Sněžné. Toto pro jezuity na Moravě poměrně neobvyklé patrocinium zřejmě souvisí s velkou morovou epidemií, která zasáhla Olomouc v roce 1715.[4] Celá stavba byla dokončena o sedm let později zřízením vstupního kamenného schodiště. V roce 1729 byly J. G. Halbichem vyrobeny varhany s tzv. nebeským orchestrem. Vnitřní úpravy probíhaly až...