St. John of Nepomuk Statue - Petrohrad, CZ
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N 50° 07.118 E 013° 26.627
33U E 388747 N 5552980
Jedna ze tri soch sv. Jana v Petrohrade.
Waymark Code: WM13CF0
Location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/07/2020
Views: 13
Baroque statue of St. John in the forest near Petrohrad,one of three in this village. Created in 1748 by unknown artist, renovated in 2008.
John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký) (c. 1345 – March 20, 1393) is a national saint of the Czech Republic, who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. On the basis of this account, John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods.
Style: Baroque
Type of building (structure): Baroque statuary (only exterior)
Date of origin:: 1748
Architect(s): unknown
Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]
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near Petrohrad, on the yellow signed toutist trail
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