Mariánská Týnice, Church of the Annunciation
When the abbot of Plasky Eugen Tyttl (1699–1738) began cooperating with Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel on the recommendation of his farmer Jindřich Snopek around 1707, the pilgrimage site in Mariánská Týnice was administered in relatively good condition. Although the new building project was completed three years later and the foundation stone of the building was laid on July 2, 1711, the construction did not begin until 1720, and the construction and decoration work lasted more than thirty years until 1751 and 1762, respectively. consecrated. The rectory was completed two years later and it was not until 1777 that the sculpture of the Annunciation was transferred to the main altar of the new church. Less than ten years later, in 1785, the monastery in Plasy, as well as the Marian pilgrimage site in Týnice managed by it, was abolished. Thus, the long-term unmaintained building fell into disrepair, which in 1920 resulted in the collapse of the dome and part of the church's vaults. Thanks to the volunteer Association for the Rescue of Mariánská Týnice, headed by architect Hanuš Zápal (1885-1954), the degradation was stopped. The whole complex was gradually (since 1996) reconstructed and subsequently in 2005 a dome was erected again above the crossing of the church. At present, the place serves as the seat of the exposition of the Museum and Gallery of the Northern Pilsen Region.
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