Chapel of the Name of the Virgin Mary / Kaple Jména Panny Marie - Svatý Kopecek u Olomouce (Central Moravia)
N 49° 37.779 E 017° 20.354
33U E 668922 N 5500082
Baroque Chapel of the Name of the Virgin Mary (Kaple Jména Panny Marie), built in 1714–1721, is a part of the pilgrimage complex surrounding Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Svatý Kopecek u Olomouce.
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Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/22/2017
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Baroque Chapel of the Name of the Virgin Mary (Kaple Jména Panny Marie), built in 1714–1721, is a part of the pilgrimage complex surrounding Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Svatý Kopecek u Olomouce.
The oval chapel is the central architectonic element of a semicircular open cloister located behind the Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was designed by Domenico Martinelli, pupil of renown Baroque-era architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. The large fresco in the chapel' dome, depicting persons of Old and New Testament connected with Virgin Mary, was painted by Jan Kryštof Handke. Stucco decorations, columns, pilastres, cornices and sculptures of David and Salomon are work of architect Baldassare Fontana. Chapel, which is in a bad condition, is under reconstruction and its future use is still unclear.