2986 x 2100 px | 25,3 x 17,8 cm | 10 x 7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
14 novembre 2015
Ubicazione:
Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic
Altre informazioni:
Tens of thousands of pilgrims have been brought to Stará Boleslav by the cult of gracious Virgin Mary with little Jesus, the Palladium of Bohemia. That's why construction of a new church, supported by Empress Anna, wife of Emperor Matthias, started in 1617 by Italian architect Jacoppo de Vaccani. The church of the Assumption of Our Lady was inaugurated in 1623 and it is one of the first Baroque sacred buildings in the Czech lands. In the 18th century a cloister was built behind the church's presbytery and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, architect of the imperial court, finished construction of the southern tower as well as rebuilt the church's front face, decorated with statues of Czech patron saints and the Palladium. The high altar, made by František Maxmilián Kaňka, is decorated with a sculptural group of the Assumption by Matthias Braun. A special box was made in the presbytery to keep the Palladium; its lattice door is signed with the coat-of-arms of the donators, eight silver stars of the House of Sternberg. Other items, such as altars and side chapels, were paid by noble families as well – Czernin, Berka of Dubé, Lažanský, Slavata, Wallenstein, and Martinic; the chapels still bear their names.
