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Katholische Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Ilanz

Katholische Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Ilanz
Katholische Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Ilanz

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Katholische Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Ilanz

The Catholic parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is located in the centre of Ilanz, near today's Landsgemeindeplatz.

Description

From 1877 to 1879, the Catholic parish had its own church built and soon afterwards its own cemetery. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with its rectory was built outside the walls of the town as part of the ever-growing "New Town". The 1900 census revealed a Catholic majority for the first time. In 1954, more space was created for the growing parish, the church, originally built in neo-Gothic style, underwent a thorough renovation and equipped with baroque altars.

Interior

  • High altar (built in 1633 and renovated in 1746) comes from Rueun. It depicts the Mother of God ascending to heaven.
  • The tabernacle, purchased from Siat in 1954, dates from 1693.
  • The stylistically pure Baroque side altars (both from 1744) come from the monastery of St. Johann zu Müstair.
  • The side altar on the epistle side depicts the death of St. Benedict on the altarpiece.
  • The side altar on the Gospel side depicts the death of the archmartyr Stephen on the altarpiece.
  • The fourteen Stations of the Cross from the 18th century come from Rome.
  • Of the furnishings of the church from 1879, the old image of the Madonna, a gift from Father Theodosius Florentini, is still preserved. It was already in 1860 altarpiece in the chapel of Casa Gronda.

Contact

Katholische Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Ilanz

7130 Ilanz

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