1869 - Church of St. James the Greater / Kostel Sv. Jakuba Staršího - Príbram (Central Bohemia)
N 49° 41.318 E 014° 00.565
33U E 428551 N 5504483
Year 1869 on the clock dials of the Church of St. James the Greater (Kostel Sv. Jakuba Staršího) reminds the church's principal re-Gothisation, which gave to this Príbram' key landmark its present appearance.
Waymark Code: WMVEZY
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/10/2017
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Year 1869 on the clock dials of the Church of St. James the Greater (Kostel Sv. Jakuba Staršího) reminds the church's principal re-Gothisation, which gave to this Príbram' key landmark its present appearance.
Church of St. James, parish church of Pribram Roman Catholic parish, is with its early-Gothic core built probably before 1213 the oldest existing historic and architectural monument in the town. It is a single nave rectangular structure with polygonal chancel, external buttresses and massive prismatic belltower (8.5×7.6 m, 34 m high). The core of the church was built probably before 1213, the first written record is from June 6, 1298. Church was rebuilt, reshaped and reconstructed many times during its 800 years long history (1560 - Renaissance rebuilding and extending; 1795 - Baroque reconstruction; 1869 - general neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic rebuilding; 1923 and 1971 - minor renovations; 1998 - general renovation).
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