Bridge, Church of the Nativity, St. Mary Magdalene and the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, 1910

The late Gothic monastery church of the White Magdalenes, an Augustinian order, was built in the late 15th century and burned down in 1515, being reconsecrated on October 20th of the same year. In 1756, Johann Gottfried Schmidl bequeathed funds for a new church, which remained unfinished after the order's dissolution. Damaged by fire in 1769, the Church of the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary was rebuilt by the Magdalenes and completed in 1774. Joseph II dissolved the monastery in 1782, and the .. Read more »Piarists occupied the complex until 1876. Baroqueized in the late 18th century, the single-nave church featured an oblong nave, a five-sided presbytery, pilasters, architrave, and a profiled cornice. The interior, once vaulted, contained remnants of a late Gothic gallery. A late Gothic portal (1520-1530) adorned the north wall. Most furnishings dated to the 18th century. The main altar (late 18th century) was temporarily housed at Jezeří Castle, and the altarpiece depicting the Nativity by Ignác Raab (1715-1787) resides in the Most District Museum. Frescoes by Jan Václav Tschöpper (1728-1810), dating to 1773, were whitewashed in 1959 after the Orthodox Church took over. The church was demolished in 1972 during the destruction of Most.