Gothic Gargoyles at Cathedral of Holy Spirit / Chrlice na katedrále Sv. Ducha / (Hradec Králove - East Bohemia)
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Interesting Gothic dragon-like gargoyles, unusually attached directly to downspouts, are located at the Cathedral of Holy Spirit (Katedrála Sv. Ducha) in Hradec Králové...
Waymark Code: WM8D82
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/15/2010
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Interesting Gothic dragon-like gargoyles, unusually attached directly to downspouts, are located at the Cathedral of Holy Spirit (Katedrála Sv. Ducha) in Hradec Králové.
The slender Gothic brick structure of the Cathedral of Holy Spirit (Katedrála Sv. Ducha) ranks among the major historic sights of the Hradec Králové. The church was established by Queen Eliška Rejcka in 1307. In 1424, Jan Žižka of Trocnov, major military leader of the Hussite movement, was temporarily buried here. When the Hradec diocese was established in 1664, the church became a Cathedral. Thanks to careful recionstruction between 1864-1874 the church got its present appearance. The towers were renovated in 1901.