Parish Church of St. Bernard
This church is a one- nave building with the sacristy, built in 1621, extended in the 1941 and reconstructed in 1988. The 34 meters high bell tower from the 17th century was refurbished in the year 2000.
There is a coat of arms of the noble family on the memorial plate located in the church, where one of the Borisi counts lies. Behind the altar, there is a valuable painting presenting the Holy Mother of God with a Child and Saints.
The painting is the most valuable work of art kept in Funtana up to this day. It was restored recently and according to the style, there are two separate themes: the upper image of the “Holy Mother of God with a Child is a Renaissance piece of art, while the lower part of the painting presenting saints, belongs to the Baroque period. The author is unknown.
On the left side altar there is a painting of the Virgin with a Child, St. Dominic and St. Catherine, also called Our Virgin of the Holy Beads. This oil painting of an unknown artist is believed to date back to the beginning of the 17th century, and it is painted in the early Venetian baroque style. It has been placed at the altar again after the restoration in 1994.
The right side altar keeps a portrait of Blessed Alojzije Stepinac, a cardinal and archbishop from Zagreb (1898-1960), known in the world for his courage while being tortured by the communists. This oil painting is a work by Vladimir Pavlinić. The painting was blessed in 1999.
The quire with organs leans over the entrance. It was built in 1878 as a gift from the believer Werner Lenz from Weinheim, Germany.
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