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Bridge with statues - Bridge at the Town Square

also Most u radnice - Most near the Town Hall 		David Lipart
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Brtnice / Most se sochami - Most na náměstí

Description

Stone bridge from the early 18th century with six baroque statues.

WEST
to Radnice (town hall)
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Svatý Karel Boromejský
Saint Charles Borromeo (?)

(Italian: Carlo Borromeo) (1538 - 1584), cardinal, worked during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church (Wikipedia). 		4
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Svatý Jan Křtitel
Saint John the Baptist

(c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD), itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan." (Wikipedia).
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Svatý Roch
Saint Roch

(14th century), saint from Montpellier, he is specially invoked against the plague. (Wikipedia). 		5

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Svatý Florián
Saint Florian

St. Florian (d. c. 304), commander of the imperial army in the Roman province of Noricum, responsible for organizing firefighting brigades. Martyred because is did not want to sacrifice to Roman gods. He is usually depicted as a Roman officer pouring water from a pitcher over a fire (Wikipedia).
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Svatý František z Pauly
Saint Francis of Paola

(Italian: Francesco di Paola) (1416 - 1507), Italian mendicant friar and founder of the Order of Minims (Wikipedia). 		6

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Svatý Jan Sarkander
Saint John Sarkander

(Czech and Polish: Jan Sarkander) (Skoczów, Poland 1576 - Olomouc 1620) was a Polish and Moravian priest. Beatified in 1860 and canonized 1995 (Wikipedia).
to main road EAST

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Bridges with four or more statues

Mostly in Central Europe there are a number of bridges with several statues of saints. The presence of the saint statues on bridges can be explained by saying that "even strangers passing by could worship God in public through His saints, to the disgrace of heretics" (quote of the investors of the bridge at Náměšť nad Oslavou, source). A statue of the "bridge saint" Saint John of Nepomuk, is usually - but not always - included. In a few cases, bridges show secular statues (f.i., Hamburg). The overall prototype was Ponte d'Angeli, Rome.
Bridges with four or more statues are:
    30 statues
  1. Praha, Karlův most (Charles Bridge), (oldest 1683, most 18th century)
    20 statues
  2. Náměšť nad Oslavou
    12 statues
  3. Würzburg, Alte Mainbrücke, 1720-30
    8 statues
  4. Berlin, Schloßbrücke, 1847-57
  5. Žďár nad Sázavou
    6 statues
  6. Kłodzko, Most gotycki Św. Jana, 1655-1714
  7. Brtnice, Most pod zámkem, 1711-18
  8. Brtnice, Most na náměstí, early 18th century
  9. Lnáře
    4 statues
  10. Hamburg, Kornhausbrücke (statues of discoverers, two destroyed).
  11. Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, 1714-16
  12. Písek
For bridges with two statues, see the catchword list "Bridge with statues".

Sculptor

Tags

  • Bridge with statues
  • Florian, St.
  • Francis of Paola, St.
  • John Sarkander, St.
  • John of Nepomuk, St.
  • John the Baptist, St.
  • Lipart, David
  • Roch, St.

    • Locatie (N 49°18'15" - E 15°40'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: czvy026; Photograph: 4 September 2012
    Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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