Bridge, Church of the Nativity, St. Mary Magdalene and the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, 1930

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 re-consecrated on October 20th of the same year. A citizen bequeathed funds for a new church in 1756, which remained unfinished after the order's dissolution. Damage from a 1769 fire prompted the Magdalenes to rebuild the Church of the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, completing the work in 1774. Emperor Joseph II dissolved the monastery in 1782, and .. Read more »the Piarist order occupied the church and buildings until 1876. Baroque renovations occurred in the late 18th century. The single-nave, oriented structure had an oblong nave and a recessed, five-sided presbytery. Pilasters supporting an architrave and profiled cornice articulated the exterior walls. A flattened vault covered the interior, with remnants of a late Gothic gallery in the west. A late Gothic portal, dating from 1520-1530, was located in the north wall. Furnishings were mainly 18th-century. The main altar from the late 18th century was temporarily stored at Jezeří Castle, and the altarpiece depicting the Nativity by Ignác Raab (1715-1787) is in the Most District Museum. Frescoes by Jan Václav Tschöpper (1728-1810) from 1773 were whitewashed in 1959 when the Orthodox Church took over. The church was demolished in 1972 during the destruction of Most.