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St. Longin's Rotunda
St. Longin's Rotunda (Prague, Na Rybníčku) is one of the few preserved romanesque rotundas in Prague. It was founded in the 12th century as a parish church for a village "Rybníček" which was there before the founding of the Prague New Town in the middle of the 14th century. Originally, it was a Pagan temple before the arrival of Christianity, when it was transformed into a Catholic chapel. Up until the 14th century, it was consecrated to St Stephen, before Charles IV founded the New Town and changed the consecration to St Longinus, who was one of the men who took part in Jesus' crucifixion, and supposedly pierced the side of Jesus. Charles IV came to deeply regretted this action, causing him to desert the army and become a hermit, later leading to his arrest and execution. The rotunda was nearly demolished in the 19th century while the nearby street (Na Rybníčku) was being built, but fortunately it was saved by František Palacký František Palacký (; June 17, 1798 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotunda Of St Longin-Prague-Nové Město
Rotunda or The Rotunda may refer to: * Rotunda (architecture), any building with a circular ground plan, often covered by a dome Places Czech Republic * Znojmo Rotunda, in Znojmo, Czech Republic Greece * Arch of Galerius and Rotunda, Rotunda of St. George, built in Thessaloniki in 306 AD Ireland * Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Malta * Rotunda of Mosta, in Mosta, Malta Moldova * Rotunda, Edineț, a commune in Edineţ District, Moldova Romania * Rotunda, Olt, a commune in Olt County * Rotunda, a village in Corbeni Commune, Argeș County * Rotunda, a village in Buza Commune, Cluj County * Rotunda, a village in Doljești Commune, Neamț County * Rotunda, a village administered by Liteni town, Suceava County * Rotunda, a tributary of the Bistrița in Suceava County * Rotunda (Lăpuș), a tributary of the Lăpuș in Maramureș County United Kingdom * Rotunda, Birmingham, a cylindrical highrise building in Birmingham * Rotunda, Woolwich, a John Nash building in Woolwich, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Longinus
Longinus () is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance and who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. The lance is called in Christianity the "Holy Lance" ('' lancea'') and the story is related in the Gospel of John during the Crucifixion. This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ. This person, unnamed in the Gospels, is further identified in some versions of the legend as the centurion present at the Crucifixion, who said that Jesus was the son of God, so he is considered as one of the first Christians and Roman converts. Longinus' legend grew over the years to the point that he was said to have converted to Christianity after the Crucifixion, and he is traditionally venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and several other Christian communions. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Town, Prague
The New Town ( cs, Nové Město) is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent (from the Middle Ages until 1784) towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague. New Town was founded in 1348 by Charles IV just outside the city walls to the east and south of the Old Town and encompassed an area of 7.5 km²; about three times the size of the Old Town. The population of Prague in 1378 was well over 40,000, perhaps as much as twice that, making it the 4th most populated city north of the Alps and, by area, the 3rd largest city in Europe. Although New Town can trace its current layout to its construction in the 14th century, only few churches and administrative buildings from this time survive. There are many secular and educational buildings in New Town, but also especially magnificent gothic and baroque churches. These nevertheless are not the main drawing points for tourists. New Town's most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Palacký
František Palacký (; June 17, 1798 – May 26, 1876) was a Czech historian and politician, the most influential person of the Czech National Revival, called "Father of the Nation". Life František Palacký was born on June 17, 1798 at Hodslavice house 108, a northeastern Moravian village now part of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. His ancestors had been members of the community of the Bohemian Brethren, and had clandestinely maintained their Protestant belief throughout the period of religious persecution, eventually giving their adherence to the Augsburg confession as approximate to their original faith. Palacký's father was a schoolmaster and a man of some learning. The son was sent in 1812 to the Evangelic Lutheran Lyceum at the then- Hungarian city of Bratislava, where he came in contact with the philologist Pavel J. Šafařík and became a zealous student of Slavic languages (he mastered 11 languages and became familiar with a few others). After s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Romanesque Architecture
Listed below are examples of surviving buildings in Romanesque style in Europe, sorted by modern day countries. List Austria * Gurk Cathedral, Gurk, Carinthia * Ossiach Abbey, Ossiach, Carinthia * Virgilkapelle, Vienna * Millstatt Abbey, Millstatt, Carinthia * , Hollabrunn, Lower Austria Belgium * Tournai Cathedral in Tournai * , Hastière * Collegiate Church of Saint Bartholomew, Liège * Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles * , Celles * Collegiate Church of Saint Ursmarus, Lobbes * , Soignies * , Ghent * , Liège * , Clavier * , Nandrin * Church of Saint Quentin, Tournai * , Hamoir CroatiaSt. Anastasia Zadar *St. Benedict, Split *St. Peter, Rab *St. Mary the Blessed, Rab Czech Republic * St. Longin's Rotunda in Prague * Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross in Prague * St. George's Basilica, Prague (Bazilika svatého Jiří, Praha) * St. Bartholomew's Church in Prague-Kyje * St. George's Rotunda on Říp Mountain * Castle and rotunda in Tý ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Churches
Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains * Round number, a number that ends with one or more zeroes * Roundness (geology), the smoothness of clastic particles * Roundedness, rounding of lips when pronouncing vowels * Labialization, rounding of lips when pronouncing consonants Music * Round (music), a type of musical composition * ''Rounds'' (album), a 2003 album by Four Tet Places * The Round, a defunct theatre in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * Round Point, a point on the north coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands * Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, a parkway system in Minneapolis * Rounds Mountain, a peak in the Taconic Mountains, United States * Round Mountain (other), several places * Round Valley (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
