City: Chapel Mary Magdalene on the docks And so today I publish it publishes for those who are wondering
"but how is it that the chapel has been able to land there?" . Because obviously this is not particularly suited as a site for a chapel, where she is, and especially the perceptive viewer might even wonder how a Baroque building of the seventeenth century, was able to land on a platform built in the middle of the twentieth?
Well those who ask all this, as those who do not ask anything, all will find the answers by reading the rest of my writing.
you remember my recent publish About
rotunda of the Holy Cross minor? You remember I told you briefly mentioned the Church of the Most Holy Cross, now defunct hospital belonging to the monastery in the heart of the crusaders red suspenders and yellow (
"Ordo crucigerorum cum Rubeo Rope" , origin PLonaise) at the boundary of the Jewish city? Ben was their monastery near the banks of the river, where is the current Intercontinental Hotel,
"Na Františku" . And just opposite, on the slopes of the stumbles of
"Letná" , the monks had their vineyard. Between 1631 and 1639, stood at the head of the order the provost
"Jan (Zlatoústý) Trembský" (
"Zlatoústý" , ie Chrysostom in French or golden mouth, not because he had a Romanian gypsy dentition, but because he spoke the language well) . One day, he said like that, the provost
"oh yeah, vintners vigneronnent, but they do not even have a chapel to chapel for their work. And if they are built in one?" So he went first to find the Jesuits, for their permission to build on their land, because the slopes were in hospital, but they did not build a chapel in slope. Gold plate, in the hills it was the Jesuits, and not to hospital. Apparently the matter was settled, puisqu, the marshal went to the architect
"Jan Dominik Barifis of" , asking him to take over the project (and not too much to ask). Parenthesis. So
"Jan Dominik Barifis of" , you find sometimes
"Giovanni Domenico , why not?
cons
By Giovanni Battista Barifis ", or worse,
Giovanni Baptist Barrifisim" are total nonsense. Jean-Dominique is not specifically known, is credited with contributions to churches
St Thomas St Salvador, or at home
U zlatého rohu " on the small square, at number 4. Apart from that, much more. Jean-Dominique
buckled so the task at arm's length, and presto, in 1635, the chapel-shaped oval rotunda was standing on his feet, and the banks now say the
"Edvard Beneš" , just below the metronome that all tourists curious to wonder what it is? (I know 'em, but you n'croyez still not gonna tell you, right?). This is one of the earliest Baroque buildings constructed in Prague, and its shape as its size demonstrate a new style in its infancy (See below). That said, this did not come so winemakers pray in the chapel so damn mother nature encourages them to bestow a bountiful harvest, as a lucrative grant from the CAP. The winemakers bigots were quickly joined by wooden floats (bigots too), which, given the encouraging results produced by the prayers winemakers, realized that a god was most likely in line in this house, and thus came to thank him after crossing Saints and sound currents of St John. Parenthesis. Currents (or parade) St John (
" Svatojánské proudy " ) is a portion of the
"Vltava" some 25 km upstream from Prague to the south, between
"Štěchovice" and
"Slapy" , and which, in the era of floating wood, was particularly feared.
Indeed, at this point, the river reached full power in narrow meandering between steep cliffs, creating fast, floats and many lost their lives in them losing their lives. The name "pattern of St John" comes from the statue of St John Nepomuk
, built here in 1722 to protect the poor in 'Bug'. Yep, born St. John was drowned in Pomucène
"Vltava" from the Charles Bridge, as every good tourist knows, he also became the patron saint by extension of water and therefore floats of wood, sailors, boatmen, gondoliers, floods, canoeists, for rafters, and distortion, it also became the patron saint of window cleaners, washing machines, elephants blues, enemas, etc. ... If not today, are much less rapid (fast), because since we built dams to appease the anger of the river, which is also quite unnecessary, since for a century is no longer floating the wood on the
"Vltava" .
In 1648, the Swedes (manure) left bank robbed Prague (Castle and short side), and could not cross the river valiantly defended by the students on the right bank (old and new city) and the Charles Bridge ( At that time, only bridge between the two sides). The chapel became a strategic stronghold, where the Swedes established their snipers who were firing at anything that moved on the other side. General
"Rudolf Colloredo-Wallsee" , then in charge of defending the city (Prague), was rapidly build 3 Ikea portable bastions in front of the chapel, the worse his best shooters installed there too. And the legend ... (Cf.
"Poveste Staropražské has Legendy Julius Košnář" ). Hear more. So they were shooting, the snipers, while the Czech put his hat (helmet?) On a stick and waved it in front of the killer.
The Swede fired. The Czech then had pretended to be touched, and while the Swedes discovered to check his shot and scream his joy, he took a bullet in the forehead Czech, driven by the simulator. Well, it's not necessarily true story, which recounts here in Prague. This is proved by cons is that October 6, 1648, a moonless night, about fifty Czech students took their places in boats, crossed the river with oars, and attacked the Swedes who were in the chapel of Mary Magdalene. One was killed, and two, sometimes three, were captured, tied as Rosette de Lyon, and taken across the
"Vltava" to be submitted to the question (even more) on the roupettes gegene .
Once the Swedes kick in feet-ties outside of Prague, the chapel was restored and resumed service as before. And so the evening of July 22, 1757, when it was entering the octave of St. Mary Magdalene hereunto in the chapel dedicated, that we could suddenly hear thunderous explosions seemed to come from the hill
"Letná" . This hellish bedlam particularly attracted the attention of Graf Austrian
"Ferdinand Philipp von Harsch" , who had just a fight violent with the Prussian armies of Frederick II, who said terror:
"himmel Herrgott Sakra, die Preußen sind zurück! " . Do not forget that we were only one month after the battle
of
"Kolín" , and between May and June of that year, Prague had to undergo the most devastating bombing of its history. So with one hand, Ferdinand Philippe detached a squad on the hill to reflect on the origin of Barouf, while on the other hand, nervously he signed orders for general mobilization. In fact, far from a Prussian attack, a POV 'CANDLE' name was inspired by Günther Bonarde to celebrate the beginning of celebrations of St. Mary Magdalene, making backfire blank a dozen mortars abandoned there by the Prussians routed.
The mischievous fellow took his saddle on serious inconsistency andouille. It was illico and properly chained from head to foot, then thrown into the deepest cellar of the foulest gnouf of the city, so there might just black until the advent of his trial which had been deliberately thrown into the river folder. Only through the intercession of insistent provost of the monastery at the Crusader tender heart, that the joker could see the light of day several weeks later. But still, one wonders rightly so rightly, the good marshal was not behind the crazy idea.
Under Josef II, the chapel was desecrated naturally (in 1784), and as many other religious buildings, began to fill civilian offices. The chapel became a warehouse for wood and barn and dovecote, where the Director of Civil pool (the beautiful building empiro-classical 50 m west of the chapel, now filthy casino) installed there his goats and doves . Finally in 1908 the chapel was recovered by the city of Prague, which does not knowing what to do, refourgua use in church
" Old Catholic " Prague (ie the church of Utrecht), like the
rotunda of the Holy Cross . Note that on this occasion, the chapel was re-blessed by the steward of the bishopric-old Catholic
"Varnsdorf" , none other than
"Miloš Čech" 's brother
"Svatopluk Čech " writer who died that same year 1908, and whose deck Czech (
"Cechuv MOST ") at 30 m from the chapel is named.
After the First World War, and thus the independence of Czechoslovakia, the chapel remained in command of old-cathos. But the time was obviously not at the party. The church was small and not heated, and given its remoteness, attendance not dépassait pas celle d'une porcherie cacher un soir de Shabbat. Le grisbi Vint à manquer. On peut lire par example dans une lettre de 1925 à adressée the hierarchy, que le curé d'alors avait de nouveaux bancs ache, et qu'il avait l'intention de vendre un avec lequel il clocheton not sonnait plus (?) AFIN de couvrir une portion de la dépense (
"[...] we took it out of the new larch wood benches, which cost us 2170 CZK, but these are still outstanding in full. We sell a bell, which is not ringing and there is something of debt bribe " ). Pairs toujours les Lettres and the hierarchy ... En 1931, Prague knew one of the most rigorous winters long. Because the chapel was not heated at all, and exposed to moisture from the river, the parish priest then sent a request to its management, to shorten the mass in cold season, the distribution of wine (even hot) is strictly prohibited since the Battle of White Mountain (see
"sub utraquist" before, versus
"sub specie panis tantum sola" after). And to bolster his claim, he added some statistics on attendance at the home of good god
- present in the chapel on 12.21.1931: 1 person. The altar boy began to cry with cold. This for the sermon: no one.
- present in the chapel on 25/12/1931: nobody. After 10 min: 1 person. Present for the sermon person.
- present in the chapel on 26/12/1931: nobody. Present for the sermon person.
The priest was heard, and from January 25, 1932, he was left to his free alternative to exempt the congregation preaches (
"[...] při velkých mrazech, jimž kaple u řeky vystavena jest, Kazan vynechávají na prana samotných posluchačů. dnes Proto is znovu usnáší církevní rada, že ponechává PANU Farar právo, by itself veci v teto řídil počtem has přáním posluchačů. ").
Besides, a good tavern would amply heated as the case is not it? Without dec, it's really a conservative Catholic. For the Anecdotally, last Sunday I visited the fabulous Church of St. Mary of the Assumption and St. Charlemagne (
"Kostel Panny Marie Karla Nanebevzetí Velikého v Praze na Karlově" ) to attend the historic and artistic presentation, but also to make you photos. Bad luck, not only is there no right to photograph (and the priest sat up not forget to remind me strong authoritatively, the insolent), not only is there really could not photograph, because in the morning, the archbishop of Prague had served Mass, and a thick fog of incense graying any photograph (that crazy an archbishop can stink at this point that we should drown the church in a smog of incense), well not only this, but mostly it was such a frimassard cutting loaves that I had to leave church with chattering teeth. Hey, it was just outside +5 ° C, but compared to the inside of the church, it seemed like the summer. Just to say that to discourage me from this presentation for which I am looking forward, had to be hefty. Ben if he brushes cold that I gave up after 45 minutes, frozen fish as a square. To tell you the churches as he can peel it. In short, the chapel was restored in October of that year (1932), but the installation of a stove, heating ... nothing, nada Keude. A sermon, it must be earned.
Worse came the famous year of grace 1956 after Jean-Claude. In this year, we wanted to change the approaches to the bridge of the Czech (
"Cechuv most" ), pretty art-nouveau building of the early twentieth century. But now, the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene was planted right there where we did not need it, but then all at all.
Some believe that the chapel was mainly from the shadow of Stalin (manure) as it was in the middle line of sight from the bridge (Czech): the chapel as a wart, the staircases that led to the monument (and there always are), then
queue at the butcher top of the hill
"Letná" , inaugurated a year ago. So we thought even for a moment not care 'to land the building altogether. But it is classified, and some said that it would a shame to spoil this cultural heritage even though minor. And it is the ingenious engineer
"Stanislav Bechyně" (big fan of concrete, and bridge builder like metal skeletons for the Lucerna Palace, the palace
fairs, the St. Agnes Convent
, etc.. ..) who found the solution: move the chapel from 31 meters to the west.
It began by building a platform of reinforced concrete that exceeded the wharf. Hey hey, anecdote. The platform drops cone to its base in the river, and the walls of this cone was (but is perhaps yet) the huge pump that would supply water from the fountains of the mega statue of Stalin. Anyway ... Of the platform in the chapel, we put a concrete ramp of 30.75 m long, which would roll the convoy, and bam, there were more than. It supported the first chapel, and it strengthened its internal structure as external using hoops of steel and wooden props. Worse is dug in the soil.
In the hole we inserted a plate into the concrete of the same area as the base of the building. And once the chapel raised above, hydraulic pistons and steel cables moved 12 parallel tracks of 400 tons at a speed of 1 meter by 8 minutes, for less than five hours, between 3 and 4 February 1956. This is the first building and moved earth Czechoslovakia. It will be followed for example by the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in
"Most" (1975).
Once at his new place, we could restore the chapel. The roof received a new roof, and we discovered some of the interior frescoes (see below). The 6 small windows were equipped with modern windows on the theme of the life of the chapel. We can see the harvest, the rest of the floats of wood, the Swedes in Prague (manure), construction of the bridge of the Czech scaffolding before moving, and moving after the scaffolding. Note that for a religious building, stained glass does not wear any trace of religion. Duh, right in the reign con-munist? The author is
"Alena Novotná-Gutfreundová" , which I can not tell you anything because I do not know anything about her except that she brought to Israel from olive wood benches. But I do not even know if this furniture is still there. Cons by what is there always is the crucified metal, contemporary work (circa 1990) of
" Jaroslav Válek " (I like what it does). In 1985 the chapel was restored for the last time. She received a copper roof and paint color.
Description of the building. The chapel is oval shaped, 8.5 m for the longest diameter and 7 m for the shortest.
outdoor, can be seen pilasters ... although ... well then amounts imitation stone, windows shaped funny, and above the entrance a
speedwell (cf.
"vera icona" ) shaped 4 leaf clover. trombinoscope therefore the center of Christ, and around, (saints) patterns of Bohemia: St Cyril and St Methodius, St Wenceslas
and
Jan Hus (not holy). The green copper roof, topped with a golden cross. And that's it for the outside.
From inside, it was a "clerestory" around which, added to the oval shape, not unlike the Italian Chapel St Mary of the Assumption (
"Vlašská kaple" ), behind the
" Klementinum ". Parenthesis. I will not dwell on the Italian Chapel, because I plan to make you a published one day, but just tell you that, like our Mary Magdalene Chapel, tourists are generally unaware existence, if they do not go there by chance in a lively concert
Aldi s'met Anna Mozart . And yet there is a single pearl, world visited by architecture buffs, and imposed passage to art students. Built between 1590 and 1597 by
"Domenico (de) Bossi" late Renaissance style, it represents the link marking the transition to the new baroque style, with our chapel Mary Magdalene is an outbreak. Except that the "clerestory" in Mary Magdalene is purely aesthetic, puisqu'inaccessible. The dome is beautifully adorned stucatures period (from 1635, according to my sources, but I doubt anyway) that some consider "interesting" and "unique". Hmm ... Really? Good. J'trouve me they are trivial, but hey, Chuis not an expert. This is against the original, it's fitting. Genre altar is in the middle of space, and people are sitting around.
Well, sure in an oval space, there is no real way to do better, but damn it more interesting and unique, I believe that stucatures ceiling. Oh, and the dome ends with a lantern (a lantern?) That lets in daylight.
Then there are the paintings apparently original (1635), which represent the plants mentioned dans la vulgate (cf. Siracide, C.XXIV, P.17-23,
page 25 du document PDF ):
" 17 Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libano, et quasi cypressus in monte Sion. 18 quasi palma exaltata sum in Cades, et quasi plantatio rosæ in Jericho. 19 quasi oliva speciosa in campis , et quasi platanus exaltata sum juxta aquam in plateis. 20 Sicut cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem dedi; quasi myrrha electa dedi suavitatem odoris. 21 et quasi storax, et galbanus, et ungula, et gutta, et quasi Libanus non incisus vaporavi habitationem meam, et quasi balsamum non mistum odor meus. 22 Ego quasi terebinthus extendi ramos meos , et rami mei honoris et gratiae. 23 Ego quasi vitis fructificavi suavitatem odori flores mei fructus and honorary and honestatis. ". So it begs the question of why the text is cut and sometimes within a sentence, without giving much sense? Ben j ' t know anything, I did not find an expert or source to answer this. Note, however, the graphic resemblance between these paintings and
page 26 of the Bible Fillion, supposed to represent these same plants, but on Assyrian monuments. Here I have an answer by cons. Before we create information as we know it today, well there was no way of googling on the internet, open an encyclopedia, or travel there to see what could look like a cedar of Lebanon, a cypress of Zion, or a palm of Kadesh.
Then we used existing sources. Thus the first who had drawn a cedar of Lebanon became a reference and was imitated because the presumed successor to him, the first he had met in real life, and that he had painted as it is. Worse was the official iconography, genre is the Pope who said it's like that, and are not to discuss if we do not want to be considered apocryphal. Hey, Jesus, have you seen without a beard (in the West)? Adam, did you not fig leaf? The virgin, did not you Mary? The Mona Lisa, Mickey, Superman, Casimir, the virus Achiva ... all, especially the imaginary, are embedded in the collective subconscious in some form iconographic a certain image, and depart from it represent someone else. Apparently, the Assyrians were the first to draw plants Assyrian, as Picasso was the first to draw women square (which is, according to Sigmund, one of the causes of the increase in male homosexuality, women's square as the Women too round for that matter).
And speaking of paint, I've found a representation near the chapel of time, since it is a crust of 1641, only 5 years after the construction of our building, and that we owe to the fabulous Czech painter
" Karel Škréta " . This is the tenth picture of a cycle of 32 paintings originally (unfortunately, the 2 / 3 of this cycle are more splendid, missing, stolen, destroyed ...) shaped bezel
on the theme of worship
of St. Wenceslas , performed (cycle) for the Augustinian monastery of St Wenceslas
" na Zderaz " .
You can see 3 scenes features a prince of Bohemia, and future patron saint of country:
- St Wenceslas press grapes.
- St Wenceslas manufactures wafers (or pancakes, it's not very clear).
- St Wenceslas bine vine.
So as hearsay, this chapel is not really popular with tourists, and even the bus dump several tonnes good fats in the immediate vicinity (the docks serve the car park bussatouristes), I doubt it is of, not only that a piece of everything I just told you. Sure, chaplet seems insignificant compared to other glorious buildings in our capital, but hey, hey, the world is not that palace Versailles, St. Peter's Basilica and statue of liberty. Hey! It's there: 50 ° 5'36 .66 "N, 14 ° 24'57 .359" E
