Bridge, Church of the Nativity, St. Mary Magdalene and the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, 1946

The late Gothic monastery church of the White Magdalenes, Augustinian order, was built in the late 15th century and burned down in 1515, being reconsecrated 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. Damaged by fire in 1769, the Church of the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary (the Magdalenes' church) was rebuilt by 1774. Joseph II dissolved the monastery in 1782, and the Piarist order occupied the.. Read more » complex until 1876. Baroque renovations occurred in the late 18th century. The single-nave church had an elongated nave and a five-sided presbytery. Pilasters, architrave, and a profiled cornice adorned the exterior. A flat vault covered the interior, and remnants of a late Gothic gallery remained in the west. A late Gothic portal (1520-1530) existed in the north wall. Furnishings were mainly 18th century. The main altar (late 18th century) was temporarily stored at Jezeří Castle, and its altarpiece, "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.