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Rotunda Of The Finding Of The Holy Cross
Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross ( cs, Rotunda svatého Kříže Menšího) is a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque rotunda in Prague 1, Old Town quarter, on the crossing of Konviktská and Karolíny Světlé street. Its founding is considered after 1125. Architecture file:Rotunda-of-the-Holy-Cross-Prague2011a.jpg, left, Roof lantern with the cross file:Staré Město rotunda apsida 4.jpg, Apse Small and simple building made of smaller marlite stones cut in rows consists of a round nave vaulted into a dome with a roof lantern, and half-round apse at the Eastern side. Apse is decorated by an arched frieze. At the top, there is a lantern with compound Romanesque windows, with, at the very top, gold-plated cross, crescent moon, and an eight-pointed star. Six-sided Romanesque ceramic tiles with a griffin of Vyšehrad type were discovered on the floor, a silver coin (denarius) from 1018 of Prince Jaromír from the Přemyslid dynasty was found near the rotunda in the 19th ce ...
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Staré Město Rotunda Sv
Staré ( hu, Sztára) is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1221. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 107 metres and covers an area of 6.234 km2. The municipality has a population of about 700 people. The name was taken from gróf Sztáray. See also *Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Staré Gallery File:Staré kostol (leto) church (summer) 02.jpg, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, est. 1842 (July 2006) File:Staré socha sv. Jana Nepomuka (leto) statue of St John of Nepomuk (summer).jpg, Statue of John of Nepomuk in Staré File:Staré kaštieľ (leto) manor house (summer) 05.jpg, Manor house in Staré, est. early 1600s (July 2006) File:Staré kaštieľ (leto) manor house (summer) 03.jpg, Manor house in Staré, est. early 1600s (July 2006) File:Staré kaštieľ (leto) manor house (summer) 01.jpg, Manor house in Staré, ...
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