St. James Roman Catholic Church
Bazilika sv. Jakuba
St. James Roman Catholic Church
Bazilika sv. Jakuba
Address:
Námestie Majstra Pavla 53, 054 01 Levoča
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
GPS coordinates:
49.026334, 20.589188
History
St James is the guardian of travelers, warriors and laborers. His feast is on the 25th of July. The great annual fairs of Lőcse were held on this day.
The liturgical collection of the church consists of ciboria, chalices and gilded enamelwares made in the 18th century by the jeweler Szilassy János from Lőcse.
The Renaissance tombs of the Thurzó family, an extremely wealthy Hungarian aristocratic family, can be seen in the Thurzó Chapel.
The construction of the church began in 1245 in Romanesque style and lasted nearly two hundred years during which it was gradually transformed into Gothic style. The Gothic St. George Chapel was built in 1392. The southern hallway and the Corvin Oratorium (chapel) above it were built for the visit of King Matthias of Hungary in 1474. The Corvin altar is 11 meters high. The northern hallway and the western organ loft were built at the same time at the expense of the Thurzó family. A raw of pews was made for the meeting of the four Jagiellon brothers in Lőcse in 1490. One of them was King Ulászló II of Hungary.
The main altar (altar of St. James) was made by Master Lőcsei Pál at the beginning of the 16th century. It is the tallest Gothic winged altar of the world with its height of 18.62 meters. It is 6 meters wide and it was made of linden. The creation of the altar took 10 years. In the middle stands Virgin Mary with Jesus, on their right is St. James and on their left is St. James.
In 1550 the church burned down and its tower also crumbled down. The organ was made in 1626 by the Protestants. At the beginning of the 19th century the roof of the church burned down, and it was covered again only in 1849. The current tower of the church was built in 1858.
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