Chalice at Husuv sbor - Vinohrady, Praha, CZ
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N 50° 04.465 E 014° 26.939
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Chalice at top of the tower of Husuv sbor.
Waymark Code: WMTWA0
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/13/2017
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"The Hus' House was built between 1930 and 1935 to architect Pavel Janák's constructivist design in Dykova Street in Prague 10 for a Hussite congregation. The land near the old water works had been purchased in 1925, and the Church commissioned Pavel Janek to create a novel design for the church.
The six-storey tower is just under 35 metres high and the top three floors incorporate bells. The design includes spiral staircases for the first three floors, while upper floors have ladders for access.[2] The symbol of the Hussite Church, a copper chalice that weighs 700 kg and stands over two metres tall, was consecrated and installed on top of the tower in June 1933 in the "Celebration of the Goblet".
The tower was used between 7 and 9 May 1945 as an impromptu radio tower during the Prague uprising, when it sheltered Czech resistance fighters who were trying to evict the occupying German forces from the city."
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