4158 Santini & Jan Blažej Santini Aichel - Šporkova ulice (Lesser Town of Prague)
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
N 50° 05.280 E 014° 23.892
33U E 456949 N 5548588
Outer Main-belt Asteroid 4158 Santini bears name of genial architect of Czech Baroque - Jan Blažej Santini Aichel. At the given coordinates in Prague Lesser Town is a small stone memorial tablet marks site where Santini was buried.
Waymark Code: WMVBWW
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/29/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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Outer Main-belt Asteroid 4158 Santini bears name of genial architect of Czech Baroque - Jan Blažej Santini Aichel. At the given coordinates in Prague Lesser Town is a small stone memorial tablet marks site where Santini was buried.

Asteroid 4158 Santini was discovered by San Vittore Observatory at Bologna on January 28, 1989.

Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (3 February 1677 – 7 December 1723) was genial a Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent the unique Baroque Gothic style - the special combination of the Baroque and Gothic styles.


The stone tablet on the wall bears following inscription in Czech:

Zde v areálu bývalého
hrbitova a kostela
Sv. Jana v Obore byl
pochován geniální
architekt
Jan Blažej
Santini Aichel
3.2.1677 - 7.12.1723

Translation to English:

Here, in compound of former
cemetery and church
of St. John in Enclosure was
buried genial
architect
Jan Blažej
Santini Aichel
3.2.1677 - 7.12.1723

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