| This is the oldest church built požeška early 14th century in the city center. One-nave Gothic church with a narrower and lower sanctuary, which was concluded with a polygonal potpornajcima. Later he expanded the northern nave also in the Gothic style. It was built of stone and the total length (nave and the sanctuary) is 23.8 meters wide while the vessel 9, a sanctuary of 6.90 meters. There sacristy, built in Gothic style, later baroque style. In the beginning it was a one-nave church, and upgrades to the Baroque period, has become a two-ship.
Not yet determined who built the church. Opinion is divided historians. Some believe it was a church and convent of St.. Clare (Poor Clares), and second, that it was a Dominican church. As the church in medieval times was dedicated to St.. Mary, her building is in connection with the princes Frankopans that the 1335th the 1340th Mr performed the honor of the great county Pozega. They are due to the connection and tradition with Trsat and the sanctuary of Our Lady of Loreto consecrated this church to the Madonna of Loreto. Only the arrival of the Jesuits in Pozega in the late 17th The church was named St.. Lawrence (Laurentius), which is interpreted hasty translation of the earlier names "Lauretaum".
In addition to the Gothic church has experienced a certain renaissance and enrichment. Pregrađivna in the late Gothic-Renaissance forms. Particularly interesting are the Renaissance tabernacle (Custody) which has many similarities with that in pečujskoj cathedral and it is considered that the church adopted as a whole. The church contains valuable frescoes in the Gothic period (14.st).
After the departure of the Turks abandoned Church restored the Jesuits of the 1711th the 1725th g. (while building the main and side naves), who along with her city and her course. Next to the church in 1755. The restored tower. The departure of the Jesuits from Pozega two bells and the church clock tower were transferred to the church of Sv. Therese. In the restored church were located near the main altar of St.. Lawrence four altars: St.. Francis Xavier, St.. Joseph, SS. Holy Cross and St.. Aloysius. The church was later used for some time for high school youth to the early 19th century abandoned and turned into a military and commercial warehouse, barn, and a hospital. From the 1835th again in the church office. Shortly after World War II. World War II began the long-term research and restoration of the church. |