Church and Monastery of St. Anne
Nowadays monastery was once used as a prison.
Until the Second World War, this was one of the richest sacral buildings far and wide.
It had a rich library and a collection of paintings by famous masters like Benedetto Carpaccio, Girolamo Santacroce, Vivarini and Palma Jr., which were displayed in the monastery church. In the presbytery, there was a big renaissance triptych by Cimo de Conegliano.
The most attractive feature of the church today is its precious late Gothic benches from the end of the 15th century and a Baroque organ. After the World War II a monastery was transformed into a prison cells.
Till the 16th century, the church was dedicated to St. Mary of the Angels, when it was renamed the Church of St. Anne.
Nowadays monastery was once used as a prison.
Until the Second World War, this was one of the richest sacral buildings far and wide.
It had a rich library and a collection of paintings by famous masters like Benedetto Carpaccio, Girolamo Santacroce, Vivarini and Palma Jr., which were displayed in the monastery church. In the presbytery, there was a big renaissance triptych by Cimo de Conegliano.
The most attractive feature of the church today is its precious late Gothic benches from the end of the 15th century and a Baroque organ. After the World War II a monastery was transformed into a prison cells.
Till the 16th century, the church was dedicated to St. Mary of the Angels, when it was renamed the Church of St. Anne.
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Visit the renewed monastery and church of St. Anne Visit a former prison cells, nowadays a monastery.