Church of the Annunciation, Baroque church in Litoměřice-Město, Czech Republic.
The Church of the Annunciation is a massive Baroque former Jesuit church built from 1701 to 1731, with two towers set into its facade and visible from the Tyrš Bridge. A first-floor bridge links it to the former Jesuit residence, and monumental ceiling and wall frescoes attributed to Johann Hiebel, Josef Kramolín and Adam Lauterer fill the interior.
Construction began in 1701 under architects Giulio and Octavian Broggio and was completed in 1731. The building was closely tied to a Jesuit college, which played an important role in the region's educational history.
The church is profaned and no longer hosts worship; since 1992 it has belonged to the North Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, which holds exhibitions in the nave and organises the international art symposium "Baroque and Today – Open Dialogue", of which four editions took place here with the Symposion foundation.
The former Jesuit church stands at the southern end of Jezuitská street, close to the right-bank bridgehead of Tyršův most and a short walk from the Church of All Saints. It is no longer a consecrated worship site: since 1992 it has been used by the North Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, so entry depends on the gallery's exhibition programme rather than parish services.
The church is linked to the former Jesuit residence by an enclosed bridge at first-floor level. Its 1859 organ by Josef Prediger was moved in 1980–81 to St Nicholas Church in Malenovice near Zlín; it has two manuals and an electric motor, with a still-working pedal drive as backup.
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