Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Visitation
Gorički trg 3, Marija Gorica
Tel: + 385 1 3395 848
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Marija Gorica was built in 1517 next to the Franciscan monastery. After the partial abolishment of the Franciscan order in the 18th century, the monastery was demolished (1789), while the new church was constructed in 1754 and the parish founded in 1781. The church was designed by the master builder Matija Leonhart. The inventory is valuable and preserved: the Gothic sculpture of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the marble main altar (very rare in northern Croatia) from 1757 by the Italian artist Francesco Bensa, the stone pulpit, the organ ...