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Founded: 1874-1877Category: Religious sites in Latvia
Historical period: Part of the Russian Empire (Latvia)
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St. Radoneza Sergius Church was built from 1874 to 1877. The author of the building was Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834-1891) – the first educated architect of Latvia. The church was built from split boulders. Cornice, corners of the building and ledges were made of local bricks. There is Mangdenu family`s vault next to church (built in 1906).
References:The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.
The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.
The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.