Kaple Sv. Klimenta / Chapel of St. Clement (Hradec Králové - East Bohemia)
N 50° 12.544 E 015° 49.852
33U E 559286 N 5562206
Unusual steeple, not so high as nearby White Tower or two Cathedral's towers, but with unique and from a far visible golden top - it is tower of the Chapel of St. Clement (Kaple Sv. Klimenta) in Hradec Králové.
Waymark Code: WM8D1N
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/14/2010
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The Chapel of St. Clement (Kaple Sv. Klimenta), Baroque structure built 1717 by renown architect Jan B. Santini-Aichl at the site of early medieval chapel, is a simple structure with rectangular floor plan, blunt corners and rizalites at the longer sides. The unique is its tower and especially its top - the chapel is covered by an octagonal dome with octagonal stone lantern domed by smaller cupola and finally tipped by a huge, 4 meters high, gilded papal tiara with keys of St. Peter.