Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Nicholas
Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas | |
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Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie a svatého Mikuláše | |
Brno | |
Parish | Žďár |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Vojtěch Cikrle |
The Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas
History
Historical and political situation brought together three very important people of our middle-age history. Those three were husbands of Přibyslav's daughters. The husband of their daughter Eufemia – Boček of Zbraslav, finished the foundation of the monastery. After his death his brother-in-law, the husband of Eliška, Smil of Lichtenburk took care of the monastery. Přibyslav’s eldest daughter Zdislava left with Havel of Lemberk and she died far away – in Podještědí. She is one of the Czech saints.
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After the year 1705 when Václav Vejmluva became a head of the religious communities came the time when there was an architectonic and artistic flourish of the monastery. The masterpiece of this period is the altar of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary whose concept was made by Jan Santini Aichel. The dominant of this is the dualistic picture of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The author of this painting is Michael Willmann. The decoration of the monastery was done by very talented Řehoř Theny. This sculptor is the author of the altar in the south chapel of Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. This sculpture shows the moment when archangel Gabriel annunciated the Virgin Mary that she would have a son. The light is falling onto Mary's face and the repose urges the visitor to stay still for a while. A perfect example of Santini's creative inventiveness is a built-in music stand and Empire dominant organ in the transept of the church. This rare musical instrument comes from the workshop of Jan David Sieber.[2]
References
- ^ GCatholic.com: Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Nicholas
- ^ Žďárské farnosti, Basilica minor of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas [online]. [23-11-2014]. Available on <http://www.zdarskefarnosti.cz/detailturista.aspx?IDClanek=2>.