THE HOLY HOSTÝN
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
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BEAUTIES OF OUR COUNTRY THE HOLY HOSTÝN |
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS |
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| Date of issue: | 26. 5. 2004 | |
| Face value: | 14 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: | This famous pilgrim's place in Moravia overlooks the town of Bystřice pod Hostýnem. According to a legend the Hostýn hill became a refuge for people fleeing from Tartar hords in 1241. The refugees were saved by a miracle. The hill is said to be the place of abode of an army, waiting asleep and ready to start out to defend Moravia from its enemies. The hill top still displays marks of prehistoric fortifications. One of the foundation stones in the National Theatre Prague arrived from Hostýn. The baroque pilgrim's shrine of the Virgin Mary was erected in 1721-48. Further constructions in the late 19th century included the monastery, the chapel of Jan Sarkander and the pilgrim's church. The shrine is connected with the Water Chapel by a communication way of 250 stairs, with two Ways of the Cross. The ceremony of coronation of the statues of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus with crowns consecrated by the pope Pius X took place in 1912. In August 1982 the pope John Paul II granted the shrine the title of basil |
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| Catalogue No.: | 0401 | |
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