Church of St. Mary in Zagreb, Catholic parish church on Dolac, Gornji Grad–Medveščak, Zagreb, Croatia
Church of St. Mary is a parish church in Zagreb's Gornji Grad-Medveščak district featuring stone walls, multiple chapels, and religious artworks. The interior and exterior display carefully arranged architectural elements and decorative details throughout the building.
A church of the Blessed Virgin Mary stood here by 1272, possibly built after the 1242 Tatar destruction of the cathedral. Cistercians from the island of St. Giles on the Sava owned it from 1315 and rebuilt it in 1347; they left Zagreb between 1496 and 1499. In 1511 it became a parish church by permission of Pope Julius II, and it was rebuilt until 1750, with the bell tower added in 1736–42.
The church's name, Pohod Blažene Djevice Marije, refers to the Visitation, when Mary visited Saint Elizabeth; the main altar was dedicated to this event. The building stands at Dolac 2 beside the Dolac market, and its parish status dates to 1511, when rights were transferred from St. Emerich's by permission of Pope Julius II.
The church stands at Dolac 2, just above Dolac Market in Zagreb's Gornji Grad–Medveščak district, a short walk from Ban Jelačić Square. Its bell tower, built 1736–42, makes it easy to spot from the market stalls below. The building is a protected cultural property of Croatia.
The sculptor Francesco Robba, a Venetian who worked in Ljubljana, was buried in one of the church's crypts in 1757, as recorded in the death registers. The crypts themselves were first mentioned in visitation records only in 1779.
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