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St. Nicholas Basilica (Trnava)

St. Nicholas Basilica (Trnava)

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St. Nicholas Basilica (Trnava)

Name: St. Nicholas Basilica (Trnava)
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Location: Trnava, Slovakia

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1. City Tower Trnava – St. Nicholas Basilica (Trnava) loop from Trnava

15.2km

03:53

60m

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2. City Wall and Tower of Skalica – City Tower Trnava loop from Prednádražie

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01:40

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3. City Wall and Tower of Skalica – City Tower Trnava loop from Prednádražie

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scaurum

May 19, 2021

n the place of a previous Romanesque building, the Nikolaus-Dom in its current dimensions was built from 1380 to 1421 in late Gothic style. The university church, which was built later, was also based on the length of 60 meters, the width of 31 meters and the height of 18 meters. The renaissance helmets, which were placed on the two towers in the middle of the 16th century, are characteristic of the outward appearance.

With the ribbed vaults in the main and side aisles, the interior of the cathedral still retained its essential effect as a Gothic building. In later centuries, however, it underwent various modifications and additions. Between 1618 and 1630, Cardinal Peter Pázmány had Baroque side chapels added and the furnishings largely redesigned in Baroque style. The richly carved pews were built in the Rococo and in 1798 Josef Zanussi created the classical main altar. The upper storeys are decorated with neo-Gothic paintings. Some frescos from the 15th century have been preserved in the vestibule. In some places the Gothic brick masonry has been made visible again.

Archbishop Imre Eszterházy had the Austrian architect Lucas Hildebrandt add an octagonal baroque chapel with a separate entrance on the north-west side from 1739 to 1741, in which the miraculous image of St. Mary of Trnava (see below) is kept on a columned altar.

After Hungary became largely Turkish in the early 16th century, Nicholas Cathedral became the Hungarian cathedral and seat of the Archbishops of Esztergom from 1543 to 1820. It was then again from 1918 to 1977 the seat of a bishop. When the Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava was established in 1977, however, the university church was designated as the seat of the archbishop. In 2008 Pope Benedict XVI. the St. Nicholas Cathedral to the Basilica minor.

(Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus-Dom_(Trnava))

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JakobusPilger

October 27, 2024

Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, to whom the church in Trnava is dedicated, is - alongside Saint Martin - one of the most popular saints of all. His memorial day, December 6th, is probably known to almost every child in Germany - and far beyond.

On the eve of this day, children used to put their shoes or boots - which had of course been carefully polished - in front of the door so that Saint Nicholas could fill them with gifts during the night. In more agricultural areas, it was also customary for children to put out a small gift of food for the donkey, Saint Nicholas's mount (according to another tradition, it was a white horse).

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1. City Tower Trnava – St. Nicholas Basilica (Trnava) loop from Trnava

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