Cathedral Glow

St Barbara's Cathedral in Kutna Hora CR glows in the afternoon light. Kutna Hora is a wonderful small town accessible from Prague by a short train... more

by Joan Carroll

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12.000 x 18.000 inches

Title

Cathedral Glow

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photograph

Description

St Barbara's Cathedral in Kutna Hora CR glows in the afternoon light. Kutna Hora is a wonderful small town accessible from Prague by a short train trip and therefore makes a wonderful day trip. Saint Barbara's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Kutna Hora (Bohemia) in the style of a Cathedral, and is sometimes referred to as the Cathedral of St Barbara. It is one of the most famous Gothic churches in central Europe and it is a UNESCO world heritage site. St Barbara is the patron saint of miners (among others), which was highly appropriate for a town whose wealth was based entirely upon its silver mines. Construction began in 1388, but because work on the church was interrupted several times, it was not completed until 1905. The original design was for a much larger church, perhaps twice the size of the present building. Construction, however, depended on the prosperity of the town's silver mines, which became much less productive. So, in 1588, the incomplete structure was enclosed by a provisional wall until 1884 and the roof was unfinished until the 19th century

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June 25th, 2012