St. Peter's Parish Church (Ljubljana)
St. Peter's Parish Church (
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
is situated in the immediate vicinity.
History
The original church at the site was presumably built near the
city walls already at the turn of the 9th century on the order of Paulinus II, the Patriarch of Aquilea.[1] It was the seat of the Primitive Parish of Ljubljana. The church was encircled by a cemetery that was the main town cemetery until 1779, when it was abandoned.[2]
The current building was erected in a
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The model of the church was made by Giovanni Fusconi, who also gave some technical advice.[1] The church was built by the master builder Gregor Maček Jr. Interior division of the church has been preserved from the period.[1]
After the
Helena Vurnik contributed new interior decorations and mosaics. The church's ceiling frescoes are the work of baroque painter Fran Jelovšek; altar paintings are by Valentin Metzinger.[3]
Cultural references
Until 1952, Trubar Street was known as St. Peter's Street (Sv. Petra cesta).[4] The nearby St. Peter's Bridge across the Ljubljanica is named after the church.[5] The church also gave its name to the former barracks housed at Vraz Square (Vrazov trg).[6]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Peter's Parish Church (Ljubljana).
- ^ a b c Lazarini, Franci; Murovec, Barbara. Lavrič, Ana (ed.). "Župnijska cerkev sv. Petra" [St. Peter's Parish Church]. Pot po baročni Ljubljani: virtualna razstava sakralnih spomenikov [Path Through the Baroque Ljubljana: A Virtual Exhibition of Sacral Monuments (in Slovenian). Art History Institute of France Stele, Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ISBN 9789616057059.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
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- ^ "Master Plečnik". Gremo s kolesom...!. City Municipality of Ljubljana; LUZ, d. d. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "Namesto vojašnic – kultura in stanovanja" [Instead of Barracks – Culture and Flats]. Nedeljski.dnevnik.si (in Slovenian). 10 November 2009.