Emperor Joseph II abolished the monastery in 1782. The paintings on the seven altars were created between 1771 and 1773 by the Austrian painter Johann Martin Kremser-Schmidt.
The most famous work of art in the church is the Romanesque pilgrimage statue of Mary with Jegug, which is the oldest surviving statue of Mary in Slovenia from around 1220. Since the Middle Ages, it’s been a tradition for the statue to be dressed in different clothes on various church festivals.
During the Second World War, the locals were warned that the German army intended to confiscate the paintings from the church. The message was passed on to them by the chaplain, who was German. The locals walled up the paintings and managed to save them. During the equinox, the sun’s rays fall on the statue of St Dominic in the morning.
During the Annunciation, in the spring on 25 th March, the sun shines through the east window on God the Father and the Holy Spirit.
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