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CHURCH OF THE MADONNA OF
JERUZALEM AT TRSKI VRH
The
best known of all Krapina's churches is the Church of the
Madonna at Trski Vrh.
Built
in the period between 1750 and 1761, it is one of the most
beatiful baroque churches in this part of Croatia. Though
baroque, as an artistic movement marks the peak of feudal
system, this church was built by pious citizens and peasants as
their votive church. The church was built to house a miraculous
statuette of the Holy Mother brought from Jeruzalem. Even before
the church was built, the statuette had helped many people to
overcome their misfortunes, so they surrounded it with great
reverence. Since 1761, when the church was consacrated, uo to
nowadays, the church has been a gathering place of pilgrims - a
votive place.
The church itself fills
you with inspiration because of its quietnes and the beaty of
its quietness and the beaty of its interior: richly ornamented,
paintings and an extraordinary organ. The church is enclosed in
an octagonal cincture with small towers at each angle, intended
for chapels. By the cincture there is the chapel dedicated to
the resurrection of Christ, as the final of 14 stations on the
Way of the Cross. The cincture is a place for processions, a
place for individual prayers and preparations for spiritual
fulfilment of the vow, and St. Mary helps all those who have
faith in her. Every year, during the summer, religious
gatherings take place there, starting in May-June end ending in
October.
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