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Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary ( cs, Kostel Jména Panny Marie) is a
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church in Křtiny,
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,
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. It is an important pilgrimage destination in Moravia and one of the most celebrated shrines in Central Europe. The church was designed by the famous architect
Jan Santini Aichel Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (3 February 1677 – 7 December 1723) was a Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent the unique Baroque Gothic style - the special combination of the Baroque and Gothic styles. Biogr ...
and it was one of the last commissioned by him. It is an iconic masterpiece of so-called radical Baroque of Bohemia and Moravia, built as part of a complex of monastic buildings and summer residences of the Premonstratensian Zábrdovice Abbey, an order dedicated to the preaching and the exercising of pastoral ministry. SantiniAgosto Foundation: mediateka
/ref> received the commission in 1711, under the patronage of
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Maxmilian Hamilton and abbot Hugo Bartlicius, whose palace was behind in the slope. The temple was constructed in time of the rule of abbot Krištof Matuška.


Gallery

Chrám Jména Panny Marie ve Křtinách vyfotografovaný od jihovýchodu.jpg, Western façade of the Basilica Křtiny Chrám Jména Panny Marie.jpg, Aerial view Chrám Jména Panny Marie ve Křtinách03.JPG, Portal of the Basilica Jan Santini Aichel - Křtiny ground plan.jpg, The ground plan


References


Further reading

* Young, Michael. ''Santini-Aichel'S Design for the Baroque Convent at the Cistercian...'' New York:
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, 1994. * Kavička, Karel. ''Poutní a farní chrám Páně Jména Panny Marie ve Křtinách wit English Summary: Pilgrimageand Parish Temple of the name of The Blessed Virgin Mary in Křtiny''. Brno, Kartuziánské nakladatelství 2014. * Krsek, Ivo; Kudělka, Zdeněk; Stehlík, Miloš; Válka, Josef, ''Umění Baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku'' (English abstract: ''Society and Baroque culture in Moravia'' p. 695). Prague,
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1996. * Royt, Jan; Horyna, Mojmír; Hylík, Vladimír. ''Křtiny – Poutní kostel Jména Panny Marie''. Historická společnost Starý Velehrad 1994 * Kalina, Pavel. ''In opere gotico unicus: The Hybrid Architecture of Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel and Patterns of Memory in Post-Reformation Bohemia.''Praha: UMENI-ART 58.1 (2010): 42-+. * Horyna, Mojmír, ''J. B. Santini-Aichel – Život a dílo''.
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, Praha 1998,


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PEŃÁZ, Jan, Křtiny for foreigners - EnglishSantini tour - EnglishKřtiny u BrnaFotografie kostnice pod chrámem Jména Panny Marie ve Křtinách
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