Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary (Křtiny)

Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary
Kostel Jména Panny Marie
Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
District	Blansko District
Region	South Moravian Region
Rite	Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Basilica
Year consecrated	21 April 1771
Status	Active
Location
Location	Křtiny, Czech Republic
Municipality	Křtiny
Shown within Czech Republic
Geographic coordinates	49.1747°N 16.4433°E / 49.1747; 16.4433
Architecture
Architect(s)	Jan Santini Aichel
Type	Church
Style	Baroque
Funded by	abbot Hugo Bartlicius
Groundbreaking	1711
Completed	1771
Specifications
Length	65 (inside)
Width	35
Height (max)	73
Dome height (outer)	54
Website
http://www.pmkrtiny.cz

Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary (Czech: Kostel Jména Panny Marie) is a Roman Catholic church in Křtiny, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. 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 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. Santini received the commission in 1711, under the patronage of bishop of Olomouc 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

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  Western façade of the Basilica
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  Aerial view
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  Portal of the Basilica
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  The ground plan

Further reading

• Young, Michael. Santini-Aichel'S Design for the Baroque Convent at the Cistercian... New York: Columbia University Press, 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.ISBN 978-80-87864-17-3
• 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, Academia 1996. ISBN 80-200-0540-4
• 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. Karolinum, Praha 1998, ISBN 80-7184-664-3

External links

• PEŃÁZ, Jan, Křtiny for foreigners - English
• Santini tour - English
• Křtiny u Brna
• Fotografie kostnice pod chrámem Jména Panny Marie ve Křtinách