Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation ( lt, Švč. Mergelės Marijos Ramintojos bažnyčia) is a Roman Catholic church in the

Vilnius Old Town The Old Town of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus senamiestis, pl, Stare Miasto w Wilnie, be, Стары горад у Вільнюсе, russian: Старый город в Вильнюсe), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in both Norther ...

which was built by the

Augustinians Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...

in 1746–1768. It is the last landmark of the

Vilnian Baroque The Vilnian Baroque ( lt, Vilnietiškas barokas, pl, barok wileński) or the School of Vilnius Baroque ( lt, Vilniaus baroko mokykla, pl, wileńska szkoła baroku) is a name of late Baroque architecture style in Catholic church architecture of ...

architectural style. Near the church there is a two-storey monastery complex. Since 2017 the church belongs to the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania.

Gallery

File:Vilnia, Aŭgustynski. Вільня, Аўгустынскі (1915-18).jpg, Church and its surroundings in 1915–1918 File:Vilnia, Aŭgustynski. Вільня, Аўгустынскі (J. Bułhak, 1914).jpg, Side-view of the church in 1914 File:Vilnia, Bakšta. Вільня, Бакшта (J. Bułhak, 1917).jpg, Church and its surroundings in 1917 File:Костёл Матери Божией Утешения - panoramio.jpg, Close-view of the tower File:Marijos-Ramintojos-baznycia.jpg, Façade of the church in 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation, Vilnius Roman Catholic churches completed in 1768 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Lithuania Baroque architecture in Lithuania Roman Catholic churches in Vilnius 1768 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth