About the Church
The Church of the Most Holy Trinity at Dagda stands in the centre of the town of Dagda, in the Krāslava district, in the historic region of Latgale. It belongs to the Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona and is one of the most important churches of south-eastern Latgale.
The first wooden Catholic church in Dagda was built in 1705 at the expense of the provost of Viľaka, Konstantin Hilzen. It was replaced by the present masonry church, which was funded by Count Jan August Hilzen; the church was consecrated in 1741 in honour of the Most Holy Trinity.
It is an impressive stone masonry church, about 38 metres long and 28 metres wide, built in Corinthian Baroque forms with Rococo decorative elements. Inside are three ornate stone altars with pilasters; on the high altar are paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Most Holy Trinity, and there also survive an 18th-century pulpit and the sculptural group "The Baptism of Christ".
To this day the church at Dagda remains an important centre of the region's Catholic spiritual life.
The first wooden Catholic church in Dagda was built in 1705 at the expense of the provost of Viľaka, Konstantin Hilzen. It was replaced by the present masonry church, which was funded by Count Jan August Hilzen; the church was consecrated in 1741 in honour of the Most Holy Trinity.
It is an impressive stone masonry church, about 38 metres long and 28 metres wide, built in Corinthian Baroque forms with Rococo decorative elements. Inside are three ornate stone altars with pilasters; on the high altar are paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Most Holy Trinity, and there also survive an 18th-century pulpit and the sculptural group "The Baptism of Christ".
To this day the church at Dagda remains an important centre of the region's Catholic spiritual life.