Chapel of St. Ludmila by Jan Minarik - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.256 E 014° 25.402
33U E 458749 N 5548530
Bývalá kaple sv. Ludmily // A former Chapel of St. Ludmila
Waymark Code: WMTXY3
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/21/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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The painting depicts a former Chapel of St. Ludmila beside south-east side of The Church of Our Lady before Týn.

One of the few significant changes apparent on the outer circumference of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, carried out at the end of the 19th century. Up to 1886 in these places was a row of outbuildings. The demolition of the chapel. Ludmila was decided in 1892.

The author of this painting is Jan Minarík. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Jana Minaríka' (visit link) .

Jan Bedrich Minarík (December 15, 1862, Prague-Vyšehad - May 26, 1937) (visit link) , was a Czech painter and graphic artist, pupil J. Marák at the Prague Academy. He became famous as a painter of motifs disappearing part of Prague. His work falls within the years 1907-1911. His paintings captured Josefov district and some parts of the Old Town and New Town. Also captured a number of motifs vanishing areas or individual houses. He also painted on Vysehrad, Mala Strana and Prague Castle.


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Vežovitá stavba pri jihovýchodní stene Týnského chrámu skrývá sakristii a depozitár v patre. K nemu tesne priléhaly ješte v 19. století další prístavky a mj. i výrazná stavbicka s kaplí sv. Ludmily, torzo puvodního románského kostelíka P. Marie pred Týnem. V popredí pozustatky domu c.p. 600 „U Hrebenu", „U Hrebene" ci „U Zlatého hrebene", zboreného v roce 1882 z duvodu zavedení konky do techto koncin Starého Mesta.
Prístavky pri jižní stene chrámu byly v rámci puristických úprav chrámu ješte v osmdesátých a devadesátých letech 19. století vetšinou zboreny, o osudu kaple se vedly dlouhé spory a nakonec bylo v roce 1892 rozhodnuto i o jejím odstranení. V dobovém duchu byla restaurována celá vežovitá stavba Nový neorenesancní nárožní dum zde vyrostl v letech 1883-88 podle návrhu Josefa Blechy. V pruhledu objekty domu c.p. 640. náležejícímu areálu Ungeltu .
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Artist: Jan Bedřich Minařík

Date of Painting: 01/01/1882

Date of Your Photograph: 01/17/2017

Medium of Painting: watercolour

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