Tympanum of Church of St. Adalbert / Tympanon kostela sv. Vojtecha - Brezové Hory (Príbram, Central Bohemia)
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Beautiful polychromed relief of Our Lady with Infant Jesus, St. Wenceslaus and St. Procopius decorates tympanum of neo-Renaissance Church of St. Adalbert (Kostel sv. Vojtecha) in Príbram' district Brezové Hory.
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/11/2017
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Beautiful polychromed relief of Our Lady with Infant Jesus, St. Wenceslaus and St. Procopius decorates tympanum of neo-Renaissance Church of St. Adalbert (Kostel sv. Vojtecha) in Príbram' district Brezové Hory.
The relief of Our Lady with Infant Jesus, St. Wenceslaus and St. Procopius is work of academic sculptor Jindrich Václav Capek. The Infant Jesus on the relief holds in hand the silver birch twig made from silver (from local silver mines) by Prague' goldsmith Jeroným Mauder. Birch is a part of new coat of arms of town Brezove Hory (Birch Hills).
Church of St. Adalbert, built for fastly growing mining community of Royal mining town Brezové Hory in 1887-1889, was ceremonially consecrated by Archbishop of Prague František de Paula, Cardinal Schönborn on September 21, 1890. Church was designed in neo-Renaissance style with touch of neo-Romanesque architecture by architect Bedrich Münzberger. St. Adalbert is church of basilical form (nave with two aisles) with rectangular chancel enclosed by apse and with high prismatic bell tower.