St. Anna's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Liepaja (Libau), western Latvia. October 6, 2019
St. Anna's Church is the oldest church building in Liepāja, first mentioned in written records in 1508, the brick-stone building opened in 1684. Spellbinding Gothic style façade attracts the sight of every passerby. Among the many neo-Gothic churches in Latvia, St Anna's Church in Liepāja stands out for its richness of detail. First, in 1872-1873, a new tower made of red bricks was added to the older church on its site, designed by the architect Paul Maks Berči of Libau, and later, in 1890-1893, a new three-bay room was built. It is covered with a cross vault supported by slender and optically light bundled pillars. The church contains an earlier altar retable by N. Seffrens the Junion, which is in Latvia the largest of its kind in the Mannerist style.
St. Anna's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Liepaja (Libau), western Latvia. October 6, 2019
St. Anna's Church is the oldest church building in Liepāja, first mentioned in written records in 1508, the brick-stone building opened in 1684. Spellbinding Gothic style façade attracts the sight of every passerby. Among the many neo-Gothic churches in Latvia, St Anna's Church in Liepāja stands out for its richness of detail. First, in 1872-1873, a new tower made of red bricks was added to the older church on its site, designed by the architect Paul Maks Berči of Libau, and later, in 1890-1893, a new three-bay room was built. It is covered with a cross vault supported by slender and optically light bundled pillars. The church contains an earlier altar retable by N. Seffrens the Junion, which is in Latvia the largest of its kind in the Mannerist style.