Frančiškanski samostan Kostanjevica pri Novi Gorici
Škrabčeva ulica 1, SI-5001 Nova Gorica
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Church and Monastery
There are many legends about the foundation of the church with a monastery, but one of them says that Count Mathias Thurn built it in 1623 in gratitude to the Pope who allowed him to marry his cousin. The first caretakers of the church were the Carmelites. In 1811 the whole complex was entrusted to the Franciscans who have managed it to this day. In the World War I the church was destroyed, but in the 1920s it was rebuilt. In 1985, the entire complex was declared a cultural and historical monument.
Bourbon Tombs
The monastery is best known for its Bourbon tombs, located in the church crypt where the last members of the French royal family Bourbon are buried, among them Charles X (1757–1836), the last French king of this dynasty, the king of France and Navarre between 1824 and 1830, otherwise the penultimate French king in general.
The nobles were exiled from France in the revolution of 1830 and came to Kostanjevica as the guests of Count Coronini. They were buried here and for this reason, Kostanjevica is known as the Little St. Denis – after the Basilica of St. Denis in Paris, the burial place of French Kings.
There are six sarcophagi in the church crypt. In addition to Charles X, several other members of the Bourbon family found their final resting place here: Charles X’s son, Louis XIX, Duke of Angoulême (1775–1844), Louis XIX’s wife Marie Thérèse Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême (1778–1851), Marie Thérèse Beatrice Gaetana, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1817–1886), Charles X’s grandson Henri V, Count of Chambord (1820–1883) and Louise Marie Thérèse, Duchess of Parma (1819–1864). The crypt is guarded by the sarcophagus of Charles X’s Court Minister, Duke Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas, Marquis D’Aulps (1771–1839), who followed his king into exile.
Monastery Library
Monastery Library was named in honour of Stanislav Škrabec (1844–1918), Slovene linguist and grammarian, who lived in Kostanjevica for 42 years. The Library has more than 10.000 books and valuable prints from the 15th century onwards; among them also the grammar book of Adam Bohorič (1520–1592) Arcticae horulae succisivae (Free Winter Hours) from 1584 with the author's autographed inscription. The Library includes also 30 incunabula, the oldest from 1476. Because of its value, the Library has been protected since 1952 as a cultural monument.
A collection of Bourbon roses
In the former garden of the Monastery, there is a collection of Bourbon roses. Bourbon roses are the roses of the 19th century, very special, as they represent an important step in the development from old to modern roses. Today they have become almost extinct, but in Nova Gorica which is also called the city of roses, the last preserved representatives were given a special place and became the second largest public collection of the original Bourbon roses in Europe: the larger one is only the Roseraie de l'Haÿ near Paris. In May and June, there are thousands of them in bloom. In 2004 the collection was opened for the public and it plays a significant role in the annual Festival of the Roses.
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In the immediate vicinity of the west Slov … In the immediate vicinity of the west Slovenian border city of Nova Gorica, lies the 143-metre-high hill Kostanjevica, with at least 3 outstanding cultural and spiritual experiences: with its Church of Mary's Annunciation and Franciscan Monastery, Kostanjevica is a place of ecclesiastical art and a centre of spirituality; with its Tombs of the Bourbons it is a historical centre; and with its Monastery Library it is a cultural centre.Monastery Library it is a cultural centre. +
In the immediate vicinity of the west Slov … In the immediate vicinity of the west Slovenian border city of Nova Gorica, lies the 143-metre-high hill Kostanjevica, with at least 3 outstanding cultural and spiritual experiences: with its Church of Mary's Annunciation and Franciscan Monastery, Kostanjevica is a place of ecclesiastical art and a centre of spirituality; with its Tombs of the Bourbons it is a historical centre; and with its Monastery Library it is a cultural centre.Monastery Library it is a cultural centre. +
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