Votive churches

Connected Sites: 6

A votive church is a church that was built as a sign of thanksgiving for salvation from an emergency or with a request for the fulfillment of a specific desire, and sometimes atonement. (wiki)

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Vienna
Vienna
Austria
Inscribed: 2001
4.03
812
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Votivkirche: Following The Attempted Assassination Of Emperor Franz Joseph In 1853, The Emperor's Brother Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian Inaugurated A Campaign To Create A Church To Thank God For Saving The Emperor's Life. And, Karlskirche: In 1713, One Year After The Last Great Plague Epidemic, Charles Vi, Holy Roman Emperor, Pledged To Build A Church For His Namesake Patron Saint, Charles Borromeo, Who Was Revered As A Healer For Plague Sufferers. (Both Wiki)
Venice and its Lagoon
Inscribed: 1987
4.51
828
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Santa Maria Della Salute (In 1630, Venice Experienced An Unusually Devastating Outbreak Of The Plague. As A Votive Offering For The City's Deliverance From The Pestilence, The Republic Of Venice Vowed To Build And Dedicate A Church To Our Lady Of Health. ), Il Redentore (To Thank God For The Deliverance Of The City From A Major Outbreak Of The Plague) (Source For Both: Wiki)
Lyon
Lyon
France
Inscribed: 1998
3.23
396
9
Notre-Dame De Fourvière: Dedicated To The Virgin Mary, To Whom Is Attributed The Salvation Of The City Of Lyon From The Bubonic Plague That Swept Europe In 1643 (Wiki)
Siena
Siena
Italy
Inscribed: 1995
4.07
505
9
The Church Of San Giorgio Was Built On A Previous Structure And Dedicated To San Giorgio In Thanksgiving For The Victory Achieved By The Sienese In The Famous Battle Of Montaperti.
See It.Wikipedia.Org
Monastery of Batalha
Inscribed: 1983
3.43
283
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"Constructed In Fulfilment Of A Vow By King João To Commemorate The Victory Over The Castilians At Aljubarrota (15 August 1385)" (Ouv)
Longobards in Italy
Inscribed: 2011
2.82
260
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Benevento: The Church Of S. Sophia Was "[F]Ounded By Duke Arechi Ii Immediately After His Election (758) As A National Temple And Votive Chapel For The Longobard People". (Nomination File, P. 199)