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Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Vyšehrad

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🐝 Sabine 🐝

April 29, 2024

Every hour on the hour, the carillon of the collegiate church at Vyšehrad rings out. The church has undergone numerous structural changes since it was built 950 years ago. The last structural change was completed in 1903, giving the church its current neo-Gothic appearance. The interior is richly decorated with ornaments and Art Nouveau wall paintings depicting figures. The church's treasury houses a permanent exhibition of jewelry and valuable fabrics.

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JakobusPilger

April 30, 2024

This church in Prague was dedicated to the two saints Peter and Paul, also known as the "prince of the apostles". Their common feast day in the calendar of saints is June 29th.
* Simon, nicknamed Peter (Rock), was a fisherman on Lake Genesareth when he was called by Jesus Christ to be a "fisher of men" together with his brother Andrew. According to Catholic understanding, he is the highest apostle, and the two thousand year long line of popes - currently the Fraunziscus - are his successors. In statues and paintings, Peter is almost always depicted with two keys in his hand; this attribute refers to the Bible verse in Matthew: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Chapter 16, Verse 19).
* Paul was initially an opponent of the Christian movement and was not called to the apostleship of Jesus Christ during his lifetime like the other apostles, but was only converted later with the famous "Damascus experience". His attribute is the sword with which he was executed. According to the Roman law of the time, such a sentence was a "privilege" (quick death and not, like other types of execution, associated with a long, painful death struggle) that was available to the citizens of Rome.

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Holger

November 21, 2021

The previous church served as the burial place of Vratislav, who was the first Bohemian ruler to achieve royal dignity in 1085, as well as his descendants. The current one was rebuilt in Gothic style in 1249, later rebuilt in Baroque style, and from 1885 added in neo-Gothic style (including the towers). The ornamental and figural Art Nouveau wall paintings by the painter couple František Urban and Marie Urbanová-Zahradnická from 1902 are beautiful, graceful and intimate.

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Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Vyšehrad

1. Vyšehrad Fortress Walls – Vyšehrad Fortress loop from Vyšehrad

2. View of the Vltava River – Vyšehrad Fortress Walls loop from Vyšehrad

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