St John Nepomuk Church
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| St. John Nepomuk Church | |
| Designer | Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel |
| Location | Zelena Hora, Czech Republic |
| Date | 1719 to 1720 |
| Building Type | pilgrimage church |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | An eclectic intermediate of Neo-Gothic and Baroque. Not to be confused with the St. John Nepomuk Church noted in Bannister Fletcher, in Munich, Germany, by the brothers Asam, from 1733 to 1735, in Baroque Rocco style. |
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| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/St_John_Nepomuk_Church.html |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora |
| UNESCO State Party | Czech Republic |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| UNESCO Site ID | 690 |
| Year of Listing | 1994 |
| Building Details |
"At Zelena Hora, not far from Zdar nad Sazavou in Moravia, lies this pilgrimage church, built in honour of St John of Nepomuk. Constructed at the beginning of the 18th century, in a star-shaped design, it is the most original work of the great architect Jan Blazej Santini, whose highly original style falls between neo-Gothic and Baroque."
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Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk
The Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora (Gruneberg) in Žďár nad Sázavou, near the border between Bohemia and Moravia, is the final masterpiece of Jan Santini Aichel, a maverick Czech architect who combined the Borrominiesque Baroque with references to Gothic elements in both construction and decoration.
In 1719, when the Roman Catholic Church declared the tongue of John of Nepomuk to be " incorruptible", work started to build a church in Zelena Hora, where the future saint had received his early education. It was consecrated immediately after John's beatification in 1720, although construction works lumbered on until 1727. Half a century later, after a serious fire, the shape of the roof was altered.
The church, with many furnishings designed by Santini himself, is remarkable for its gothicizing features and complex symbolism, quite unusual for the time. In 1993, it was declared a World Heritage Site. The nomination dossier pointed out to Santini's ratios aimed at "the creation of an independent spatial reality", with "the number 5 being dominant in the layout and proportions" of the church.
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cs:Kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého (Žďár nad Sázavou)
de:Wallfahrtskirche Zelená Hora es:Iglesia de peregrinación de San Juan Nepomuceno eo:Zelená Hora (preĝejo) fr:Église Saint-Jean-Népomucène it:Santuario di San Giovanni Nepomuceno he:כנסיית יאן מנפומוק hu:Nepomuki Szent János-zarándoktemplom nl:Bedevaartskerk van Sint-Johannes van Nepomuk ja:ゼレナー・ホラの聖ヤン・ネポムツキー巡礼教会 pl:Sanktuarium pielgrzymkowe św. Jana Nepomucena (Zelená Hora) sk:Pútnický kostol sv. Jana Nepomuckého na Zelenej hore fi:Johannes Nepomukilaisen pyhiinvaelluskirkko sv:Johannes Nepomuks kyrka vi:Nhà thờ thánh Gioan Nepomuk
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Pierre Charpentrat. Living Architecture: Baroque Italy and Central Europe. Photographs by Peter Heman. London: Oldbourne Book Co., 1967. interior photo of dome, p71. exterior photo of facade, p70. plan drawing of church, p129.
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. symmetry diagram, p177.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
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UNESCO World Heritage Site — including a small photo
