Franciscan friary, Široki Brijeg
Franciscan friary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a friary of the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina in Široki Brijeg. The friary church was built in 1905 and the friary in 1846. A much older and smaller church was built in 1847 and was demolished in 1905, in order to be replaced by a larger church. The friary is the first Franciscan friary built in Herzegovina after the Ottomans destroyed all of the monasteries there in the 16th century.
Franjevačka crkva i samostan Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije na nebo | |
The church and the friary | |
Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Order of Friars Minor |
| Established | 1849 |
| Dedicated to | Assumption of Mary |
| Diocese | Mostar-Duvno |
| Controlled churches | Church of the Assumption |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Anđeo Kraljević and other Herzegovinian Franciscans |
| Prior | Tomislav Puljić |
| Important associated figures | Paškal Buconjić, Didak Buntić, Radoslav Glavaš (junior), Anđeo Kraljević, Jozo Zovko |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | National monument |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Groundbreaking | 23 July 1846 |
| Completion date | 1849 |
| Site | |
| Location | Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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