Clarissan Church and Monastery
Kostol povýšenia Svätého kríža
Clarissan Church and Monastery
Kostol povýšenia Svätého kríža
Original function:
church and monastery
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
GPS coordinates:
48.144013, 17.105665
History
The church was constructed in the first half of the 14th century on the site of the former Cistercian church.
Its tower was built in the 15th century. The monastery was reconstructed in the 17th century in Renaissance style. After the battle of Mohács the Dominican nuns of the monastery on Margaret Island found refuge in the Clarissan monastery of Pozsony, and they brought with them the earthly remains of St. Margaret of Hungary. According to the tradition the relics were walled up in the crypt of the church in 1782, when the order was banned by the impious Emperor Joseph II, and they are still there. Later the Catholic grammar school and the Academy of Law moved to the monastery. The tower was restored between 1888 and 1889 in Neo-Gothic style by the architect Schulek Frigyes.
The monastery functions as library, while the church serves as gallery and concert hall.
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