Kostel Sv. Antonína Paduánského / Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Prague - Holešovice)
N 50° 05.920 E 014° 26.090
33U E 459579 N 5549753
Silhouette of parish Neo-Gothic Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Kostel Sv. Antonína Paduánského) creates the most important feature of the Holešovice district skyline...
Waymark Code: WMAKAR
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/24/2011
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Silhouette of parish Neo-Gothic Church of St. Anthony of Paduan (Kostel Sv. Antonína Paduánského) creates the most important feature of the Holešovice district skyline. The St. Anthony of Paduan is also the most important Roman Catholic church of this former industrial suburb of Prague.
The parish church of St. Anthony of Padua is a significant view point in the centre of Holešovice district. In the past the mass for local residents was held in the nearby church of St. Climent. This church however was not convenient for the low capacity. That is why the association representing the church construction in Holešovice was established.
The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1908 and the construction works of this pure Neo-Gothic structure were carried out by architect František Mikš. The front face with two towers completes the area of Strossmayerovo Square on the east side. The towers are 59 m tall and have four floors. The lower two floors are separated on the facia by the cornices. The towers’ windows with lancets are different sizes and shapes on every floor. The largest windows are on the top floor. The roof has the shape of neo-gothic taper square.
In total eight bells were confiscated from both the towers during the First and the Second World Wars. The tower on the right side today houses the bell called Climent molded in 1572 by bell-founder Brikcí from Cimperk. The bell’s weight is around 490 kg. The second tower houses the bell so called the Bell of Freedom, which is a copy of the American Bell of Freedom from 1753. This bell was originally a present from the president Thomas Woodrow Wilson to T.G. Masaryk in memory of the Independence Declaration of the Czech Republic.
The Sanctus bell turret also houses one bell (about 22 kg in weight) made by the bell-founder Karel Bellmann from Prague. This bell was originated in the second quarter of the 18th century and was brought here from the church of St. Climent in Holešovice-Bubny.
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