Destruction and restoration of the Franciscan church in Vukovar

Crkva sv. Filipa i Jakova i franjevački samostan pripadaju u najznačanije barokne građevine u gradu Vukovaru. Crkva sv. Filipa i Jakova građena je od 1723. do 1733. godine, a samostan od 1723. do 1754. godine. Nakon toga su uslijedile dogradnje i pregradnje, a najznačanija pregradnja bila je krajem XIX. stoljeća, prema projektu Richarda Jordana. Crkva je jednobrodna građevina koja na pročelju ima toranj/zvonik, a na brod se nastavlja transept sa tri traveja i tri bočne kapele, a zaključen je polukružnom apsidom. Samostan se sastoji od tri krila te ima klaustar i samostansko dvorište. Tijekom tromjesečne vojne opsade Vukovara 1991. godine od strane Jugoslavenske narodne armije (JNA) i paravojnih snaga iz Srbije samostan je teško oštećen velikim brojem projektila, a kasnije uvršten u pet prioritetnih građevina koje je bilo potrebno restaurirati. Restauriranje franjevačkog samostana započelo je 1998. godine, a trajalo je sve do 2015./2016. godine. Uz restauriranje oštećenih dijelova, velik dio crkve i samostana je rekonstruiran metodom „faksimila“ uz korištenje povijesnih izvora i fotodokumentacije.Church of St. Philip and James and the Franciscan monastery belong to the most important baroque buildings in the town of Vukovar. Church of St. Philip and James were built from 1723 to 1733, and the monastery from 1723 to 1754. After that, there were subsequent upgrades and remodeling, and the most significant remodeling was at the end of the 19th century according to Richard Jordan's project. The church is a one-nave building with a tower / bell tower on the front, and a transept with three beams and three side chapels continues to the ship and is completed by a semicircular apse. The monastery consists of three wings and has a cloister and a monastery courtyard. During the three-month military siege of Vukovar in 1991 by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and paramilitary forces from Serbia, the monastery was severely damaged by a large number of missiles, and later included in the five priority buildings needed to be preserved. The restoration of the Franciscan monastery started in 1998 and lasted until 2015/2016. With the restoration of damaged parts, much of the church and monastery has been reconstructed by the "facsimile" method with the use of historical sources and photographic documentation. In the church there is the altar of the Sorrowing Virgin, which is preserved in "wounded" form, so that the parts of the destroyed altar are merged into the whole, and the wall behind the altar is left besieged. The crypt of the church was reconstructed in modern forms with three restored sarcophagi.These two together with the "Wounded Jesus", which is the rest of the crucifix, mark the three stations that the believers visit when entering the church