# Piran church Saint Mary of the Snows

- By: Isiwal
- Date: 2015-06-10
- Classification: Painting
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piran_church_Saint_Mary_of_the_Snows.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Piran_church_Saint_Mary_of_the_Snows.jpg/1920px-Piran_church_Saint_Mary_of_the_Snows.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The church of Saint Mary of the Snows was erected in 1404. The baroque altar was made in the 17th century. At the arch which devides nave and apse there are frescos from approximately 1430 showing the Annunciation to Mary. Above the frescos a painting (approx. 1460) with a crucifixion group is attached.