One of Santini's first buildings of his own design, the little chapel of St Anne, is reckoned to be one of his best.This is proven by being featured on local postage stamps It's only about 10 miles north of Prague on the main road to Veltrusy. It is a domed triangu;ar chapel built to celebrate the trinity of St Anne, the Virgin and Christ. It was commissioned by the Abbess of St George's convent at Prague castle and begun in 1705. It was originally part of the Upper Castle at Brezany Panenske she had built as an administrative centre.
He uses a hexagonal core (six sides) with three arms projecting outwards to form chapels, and above the central core a full dome rises on a plain drum and pendentives.
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| Source: panenske-brezany.muzeumbrandys.cz/cz/pamatnik-narodniho-utlaku -a-odboje/historie-horniho-zamku |
In 2014 the restoration was agreed. In the 1960s it was in a trerrible state with broken windows, birds nesting above the altar and aircraft engines nearby roaring....
I hope the above photos, which I am grateful to display, encourage someone to visit this attractive church.
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