Chapel of St. Hubertus (Kaple sv. Huberta) - Benecko, Czech Republic
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N 50° 39.827 E 015° 32.663
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New St Hubertus Chapel in Benecko, one of the highest situated villages in the Giant Mountains. / Nová kaplicka sv. Huberta na Benecku.
Waymark Code: WMP1FW
Location: Liberecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/09/2015
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The new Chapel of ST Hubertus in Benecko, one of the highest situated villages in the Giant Mountains, was consecrated on July 30, 2005.
Architect Jan Dostal designed a structure on an elliptical floor plan with a convex recess for the front entrance. The gable above the entrance is decorated with a relief of the village’s coat of arms carved in sandstone. The roof top bears a bell tower with the traditional onion-shaped turret and a cross, giving the structure a total height of 12 m. The large altar painting is the work of Dr. Milos Gerstner and was conceived on the motif of St. Hubertus: A red deer in the middle of the scene with a shining cross between the antlers; St. Hubertus as a hunter, with a spear and dogs in the left part of the painting, kneeling and amazed by the apparition; a grey-haired monk standing in the right part of the painting; and a doe and a hermit’s hut behind the monk. According to an old legend, a hermit used to live in Poustka with a young red deer and a doe. The bell tolls every morning at 7 a.m., at noon and at 8 p.m.
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