Piaristická kolej / Piarist College - Slaný (central Bohemia)
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Monumental late-Baroque building of the former Piarist College (Piaristická kolej), nowadays seat of the Slaný National History Museum, Václav Štech Library and municipal cinema, was founded by Bernard Ignatius Borita count of Martinice in 1659.
Waymark Code: WMNM4B
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/01/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member puczmeloun
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Monumental late-Baroque building of the former Piarist College (Piaristická kolej), nowadays seat of the Slaný National History Museum, Václav Štech Library and municipal cinema, was founded by Bernard Ignatius Borita count of Martinice (Bernard Ignác Borita hrabe z Martinic) in 1659.

The foundation stone of the Baroque College was laid on April 19th 1659 on the site of the war-destroyed houses in the square. The college' Chapel of the Engagement of Virgin Mary was consecrated on November 11th 1666. The College complex was extended in 1726. In the chapel You can find the main altar (1727) with the painting "Dream of St. Joseph", work of a famous Italian painter Carlo Innocenzo Carlone. Gilded statues of St. Joachim and his wife St. Anne by Prague Baroque sculptor František Ignác Weiss date back to the same year. The main altar arose during rectorship of P. Leopold Cabák - an outstanding expert in astronomy and geometry.

The left College' wing served to the first Slaný theatre in 1846–1877. Piarists left the College in 1939 and from that year it houses Slaný National History Museum (Vlastivedné muzeum ve Slaném) and from 1960 also Václav Štech Library (Knihovna Václava Štecha).

Style: Baroque

Type of building (structure): Large religious building (church, monastery, synagogue...)

Date of origin:: 1659-1669 and 1727

Architect(s): unknowm Baroque architect

Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]

Address:
Vlastivědné muzeum ve Slaném Masarykovo náměstí 159 274 01 Slaný Czech Republic


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