The Franciscan Church of Our Lady of Sorrows

The construction of this church and monastery started in 1467 and the church was consecrated in 1484. The local monastic order of Franciscans ranked among the most important ones in the so-called Salvatorian province. Members of the monastic order of Franciscans were active in Skalica to 1950 when they were forced to leave. They claimed their property after 1989 in terms with church restitutions. The buildings of this church and monastery were rebuilt and extended several times in the past. Nowadays the Franciscan complex consists of the building of the monastery (partially used for commercial activities, it is the seat of the district archives and music school), the church, the so-called courtyard of paradise ( a well was reconstructed there a short time ago), and a large garden. A demanding reconstruction of the nave took place in 1993. A tomb slab including the Late Gothic text, the oldest preserved text on some stone artefact in Skalica dating from 1488, was discovered during this reconstruction. Now you can see the tomb slab next to the church entrance.

Rekonštruované chodby najstaršej èasti kláštora	Rajské nádvorie
	Vianoèná výzdoba vo františkánskom kostole
Interiér františkánskeho kostola	Františkánky kláštor
Poh¾ad na františkánsky kostol s kláštorom	Parkovisko a nádvorie pred vínotékou
Krížové chodby – po úprave Galéria u františkánov

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