The
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
of the Most Holy Trinity in
Tvrdošín
Tvrdošín (german: Turdoschin or ''Thurdossin''; hu, Turdossin; pl, Twardoszyn) is a town in central Slovakia.
Geography
The town is located at the confluence of the Orava and Oravica rivers, from the Polish borders and cca. from Dolný Kub ...
, region
Orava,
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
Original wooden church was built in first half of 17th century. The church was burned down few times. Current walled Most Holy Trinity Church was begun to build on 24 May 1766. From the original wooden church, only a tower (from 1628), a middle choir, an oratory and a sanctuary remained. The church was sanctified on 2 June 1770 on Most Holy Trinity day.
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
the church was targeted by mines. East part of roof was damaged, also the
baroque altar. Innovation of left side
baroque main altar was realized after 1945 by academic artist
Ctibor Belan cooperate with benched master
Jan Rakyta.
The church contains a monumental late-baroque altar, the Marian column (from late 18th century), the Sculpture of Saint
John of Nepomuk
John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393)
was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus ...
(from late 18th century), and a folk sculpture of
Saint Florian
Florian ( la, Florianus; 250 – 304 AD) was a Christian holy man, and the patron saint of Linz, Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Upper Austria, jointly with Le ...
(from second half of 18th century).
UPG Project
This church was modelled in 3D graphic program
trueSpace.
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External links
Article on the Official Web site of the Town of TvrdosinPanoramio
Churches in Žilina Region
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1770
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Slovakia
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