Petrshin Hill has been considered a holy place since time immemorial. And this fact is confirmed by the Cathedral of St. Lawrence (Vavrzhynets), located directly on the site of the ancient pagan temple of worshipers of the Slavic god of thunder and lightning Perun. An ardent fighter against the pagans, Prince Boleslaw II, in order to finally destroy the pagan sanctuary, in 992 ordered to build a chapel in its place (according to the chronicles of Nut). In other chronicles the foundation of the chapel of the Visegrad Chapter in Petrshina dates back to 1135. The temple was consecrated in honor of the great martyr Lawrence of Rome.
There are several versions of why this saint was chosen as the patron saint of the church in Petrš ina. According to one, his name is consonant with the German name of the hill - Lawrenceberg. Another version shows that St. Lawrence, according to Czech tradition, patronizes not only cooks, confectioners and brewers, but also the Czech mountains.
And, according to the third version, this saint was chosen because he died in the fire, and the new church had the task not only to destroy the pagan temple, but also to attract to the bosom of the Christian Church pagans who worship fire.
In 1732 the church was included in the shop of cooks and confectioners. In the period from 1735 to 1770 the church underwent a large-scale reconstruction, begun by Christopher Dintzenhofer according to the sketches intended for the Cathedral of St. Witta. Francis Casimir Strakhovsky completed the work on the projects of Ignatius Palliardi. Thanks to the work of these architects, the church acquired the modern look of a single-nave church with two twin towers in the Czech Baroque style. The ancient Romanesque chapel was organically incorporated into the building as a sacristy (a place for storing holy gifts).
During the church reform of Emperor Joseph II, the church was closed (1784), and the building remained intact only because there was no buyer who could use it for public purposes. True, in 1818 it was planned to equip an observatory, but the implementation of this project was hampered by the close proximity to the powder magazines. In 1839 the church was given to the chapter of St. Witt, who began a major overhaul of the dilapidated building. After the renovation in 1840, the cathedral was rededicated. Another overhaul was carried out in 1926. In 1994, the city council leased the church to the Old Catholic Church for a nominal fee. In 1995 the church of St. Lawrence received the status of a cathedral. At the same time, the tradition of pilgrimage along the chapels of the Way of the Cross, begun in 1733, was restored.
Cathedral of St.
Lawrence is a classic one-nave Christian church, built in the form of an elongated quadrangle with a convex front, decorated under the pediment with a statue of St. Lawrence (Francis Lederer, 1756). The nave is crowned by a large round dome, ending in a crown with a cross. On two sides of the central part of the cathedral are two identical towers 25 meters high. They end with round domes with 8 ribbed faces and a top with a cross on top. The three heads of the cathedral symbolize the Holy Trinity. The interior with the dominant cross was designed by Jiri Pelzl. The altar of the church is decorated with paintings depicting the sufferings of St. Lawrence, painted by JS Monnot and W. Markovsky. Cathedral of St. Lawrence is a fine example of Czech Baroque.
Next to the church is the chapel of Golgotha, which was built in 1732-1737. In 1934 the facade of the chapel was decorated with a unique sgraffito by J.
Ridl on cardboard in 1898 by the famous Czech artist Mikolas Ales.
There are several versions of why this saint was chosen as the patron saint of the church in Petrš ina. According to one, his name is consonant with the German name of the hill - Lawrenceberg. Another version shows that St. Lawrence, according to Czech tradition, patronizes not only cooks, confectioners and brewers, but also the Czech mountains.
And, according to the third version, this saint was chosen because he died in the fire, and the new church had the task not only to destroy the pagan temple, but also to attract to the bosom of the Christian Church pagans who worship fire.
In 1732 the church was included in the shop of cooks and confectioners. In the period from 1735 to 1770 the church underwent a large-scale reconstruction, begun by Christopher Dintzenhofer according to the sketches intended for the Cathedral of St. Witta. Francis Casimir Strakhovsky completed the work on the projects of Ignatius Palliardi. Thanks to the work of these architects, the church acquired the modern look of a single-nave church with two twin towers in the Czech Baroque style. The ancient Romanesque chapel was organically incorporated into the building as a sacristy (a place for storing holy gifts).
During the church reform of Emperor Joseph II, the church was closed (1784), and the building remained intact only because there was no buyer who could use it for public purposes. True, in 1818 it was planned to equip an observatory, but the implementation of this project was hampered by the close proximity to the powder magazines. In 1839 the church was given to the chapter of St. Witt, who began a major overhaul of the dilapidated building. After the renovation in 1840, the cathedral was rededicated. Another overhaul was carried out in 1926. In 1994, the city council leased the church to the Old Catholic Church for a nominal fee. In 1995 the church of St. Lawrence received the status of a cathedral. At the same time, the tradition of pilgrimage along the chapels of the Way of the Cross, begun in 1733, was restored.
Cathedral of St.
Lawrence is a classic one-nave Christian church, built in the form of an elongated quadrangle with a convex front, decorated under the pediment with a statue of St. Lawrence (Francis Lederer, 1756). The nave is crowned by a large round dome, ending in a crown with a cross. On two sides of the central part of the cathedral are two identical towers 25 meters high. They end with round domes with 8 ribbed faces and a top with a cross on top. The three heads of the cathedral symbolize the Holy Trinity. The interior with the dominant cross was designed by Jiri Pelzl. The altar of the church is decorated with paintings depicting the sufferings of St. Lawrence, painted by JS Monnot and W. Markovsky. Cathedral of St. Lawrence is a fine example of Czech Baroque.
Next to the church is the chapel of Golgotha, which was built in 1732-1737. In 1934 the facade of the chapel was decorated with a unique sgraffito by J.
Ridl on cardboard in 1898 by the famous Czech artist Mikolas Ales.
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