Костел єзуїтів Jesuit Church

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A few steps from the Old Town Hall is a very interesting church, devoid of towers and a presbytery. This is the Church of the Most Holy Savior or, as it is unofficially called by all citizens, the Jesuit Church. It was built in 1636-1638 by representatives of the German Lutheran Church, but was not used for long for Protestant worship. Emperor Leopold I carried out active Catholicization of the state, so the persecution of Lutherans during his reign intensified. In 1672, the church, first consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity, on the instructions of Archbishop Juraj Selepcheni, was confiscated and soon handed over to the Fathers of the Jesuit Order.

The temple looks unusual. It does not resemble a sacred building. Rather, we may think that we are facing an ordinary residential building - and quite large. This church is larger than any other building in Franciscan Square.
The Jesuits, having received the Renaissance Church of the Holy Trinity, rebuilt it in the Baroque style and renamed it in the name of the Most Holy Savior. The main portal of the church is decorated with massive wooden carved doors, created in the first half of the XVII century. The interior of the temple is decorated in the Rococo style. The most valuable items of its interior decoration are the elegant chair of the sculptor Ludwig Gode, who studied with the architect Juraj Rafael Donner, and the altar with a painting by Franz Xavier Palk.