1716 - Statuary pedestal - Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
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The chronogram on the pedestal the statuary of St Wenceslas in front the Jesuit College in Kutná Hora
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/26/2018
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The Jesuits arrived in Kutná Hora in 1626 to convert the Utraquist town to Catholicism. They focused their attention on children and built a college next to St. Barbara's Cathedral (
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The Jesuit College was built between 1667 and mid-18th century. The College itself was built according to plans by the architect Giovanni Domenico Orsini. A man-made terrace was created in front of the building and enclosed by a low wall upon which 13 statuaries of saints were placed.
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The chronogram:
DIVo boheMIæ aVteLarI pII CLIentes
CZ: Svatému Cechuv ochránci nábožní sverenci venovali
EN (Google translation): The Holy Defender of the Czech devoted religious confessors
The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are gold color-coded from the rest of the red color-coded text.
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Ústrední postavou sousoší je postava sv. Václava. Sv. Václav je oden v brnení a na hlave má posazenou knížecí korunu. V levé ruce drží praporec. Po stranách sv. Václava jsou dva andelé.
Z celního pohledu pravý andel drží štít s reliéfem Premyslovské orlice a levý staroboleslavské
Palladium. V cele u nohou sv. Václava leží lev. Po stranách podstavce stojí dve postavy – z celního pohledu vpravo sv. Ludmila a vlevo sv. Vít. Na celní strane soklu je zobrazena scéna zavraždení sv. Václava. Nad touto scénou je nápis:
DIVO BOHEMIÆ AVTELARI PII CLIENTES D. D. D.