THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
NEARBY PŘÍBRAM
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
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BEAUTIES OF OUR COUNTRY THE HOLY MOUNTAIN NEARBY PŘÍBRAM |
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS |
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| Date of issue: | 26. 5. 2004 | |
| Face value: | 12 CZK | |
| Printing sheets: | 8 pcs | |
| Size of the stamp: | 40 x 26 mm | |
| Graphic Artist: | Antonín Odehnal | |
| Engraver: | Václav Fajt | |
| Method of printing: | recess print from flat plates | |
| Colours of the stamps: | redbrown, yellow, red, green and blue | |
| Subject of the stamp: | The Holy Mountain, a vast site surmounting the town of Příbram, is among the most famous places of pilgrimage in the Czech Republic. The Shrine of the Virgin Mary, one of the most precious buildings of the early Czech baroque, became gradually surrounded by a set of buildings. The author of the entire design is the architect Carlo Lurago. The site is connected with the town of Příbram by a 400 meters long sheltered masonry stairway built in 1728 and designed by K.I. Dienzenhofer. The history of the Holy Mountain goes back to the Middle Ages. A gothic chapel was erected on the hill top. In the 17th century it passed to the Jesuits and became a destination of pilgrims. As the chapel could not shelter the growing numbers of pilgrims a new shrine of the Virgin Mary was built in the second half of the 17th century, with three arcade chapels in the front side and further three ones in the western side. The shrine is encircled by a pillared archway with four corner chapels and a belfry and a couple of portalled entr | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0400 | |
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