Bridge, Church of the Nativity, St. Mary Magdalene and the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, 1972

This late Gothic monastery church of the White Magdalenes, an Augustinian order, was built in the late 15th century and burned down in 1515, then re-consecrated on October 20, 1515. In 1756, Johann Gottfried Schmidl bequeathed 3000 gold coins 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, completed in 1774. Emperor Joseph II dissolved the monastery in 1782. The .. Read more »Piarist order occupied the church and monastery from 1783 to 1876. Baroqued in the late 18th century, this single-nave, oriented structure featured a rectangular nave and a five-sided presbytery. Exterior walls had pilasters supporting an architrave and profiled cornice. The interior had a flat vault. Remnants of a late Gothic gallery remained in the west nave. A late Gothic portal (1520-1530) was located in the north wall. Furnishings were primarily 18th century. The main altar (late 18th century) was temporarily housed at Jezeří Chateau, while the altarpiece depicting the Nativity by Ignác Raab (1715-1787) is in the Most District Museum. Frescoes by Jan Václav Tschöpper (1728-1810) were whitewashed in 1959 when the Orthodox Church took over. The church was demolished in 1972 during the destruction of Most.