Parish Church of Urtijëi
The Parish Church of Urtijëi located in the town of Urtijëi in Val Gardena in South Tyrol, Italy is dedicated to the Epiphany and to Saint Ulrich.
It was built in the years 1792–1796 in the neoclassical style with some baroque elements by the tyrolean master Joseph Abenthung and the interior domes painted by the tyrolean brothers Franz Xaver and Josef Kirchebner .
The church contains a great number of sculptures, mostly in wood, carved by artists from Val Gardena.
On the corners of the presbytery there are four plaster statues, created by Johann Dominik Mahlknecht for this church but never casted in bronze, representing the four Evangelists.
The following are some of the artists who contributed to the artworks in the church:
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Guardian angel by Vigil Dorigo
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Saint Agnes by Luis Kostner
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Adoration by Josef Moroder-Lusenberg
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Saint Anna and Mary by Anton Pitscheider
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Crucifix by Franz Ruggaldier
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- Ferdinand Demetz
- Jakob Crepaz
- Anton Demetz
- de:Franz Xaver Kirchebner
- de:Johann Dominik Mahlknecht
- de:Josef Mersa
- Vinzenz Peristi
- Albin Pitscheider
- de:Ludwig Moroder
- de:Rudolf Moroder
- de:Johann Baptist Moroder-Lusenberg
[edit] Literature
- Margareth Runggaldier Mahlknecht, Karl Mahlknecht. St. Ulrich in Gröden – Kirchen und Kirchengeschichte. Eine Text- und Bilddokumentation. Athesia Verlag Brixen 1992 (German)
