Kalvárie na moste / Calvary on bridge - Sazená (Central Bohemia)
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Depicted replica of the Baroque Calvary sculptural group (Kalvárie) decorates Baroque four-arch stone bridge in village Sazená in Central Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.
Waymark Code: WMNV11
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/04/2015
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Depicted replica of the Baroque Calvary sculptural group (Kalvárie) decorates Baroque four-arch stone bridge in village Sazená in Central Bohemia region of the Czech Republic.
The bridge spanning the Bakovský Creek was probably constructed by Florián Gryspek of Gryspach, owner of Sazená demesne and local chateau. The bridge was reconstructed and six Baroque sandstone saint' statues (St. Anthony, St. Joseph, St. Catherine, St. Clement, St. John of Nepomuk and Calvary) by Ignác Platzer were added in 1757. Bridge represented thanks to its original unusually rich sculptutral decoration for rural area unique example of a "small Charles Bridge". Majority of statues delapidated during last 100 years, only the last two, St. John of Nepomuk and Calvary, were saved and relocated into Velvary Regional Museum. Statues on the bridge are their artificial-stone exact replicas.
A Calvary (calvaire in French) is a type of monumental public crucifix, sometimes encased in an open shrine, most commonly found across northern France from Brittany east and through Belgium and equally familiar as wayside structures provided with minimal sheltering roofs in Italy, Spain and Central Europe. The Breton calvaire is distinguished from a simple crucifix cross by the inclusion of three-dimensional figures surrounding the Crucifixion itself, typically representing Mary and the apostles of Jesus, though later saints and symbolic figures may also be depicted.
[excerpted from Wikipedia]