Sculpture Park on St. Gothard Hill - Horice, Czech Republic
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Unique natural gallery on St. Gothard Hill in Horice, where sculptures made during anually organized International gathering of sculptors are on display.
Waymark Code: WMF503
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/24/2012
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"At the turn of the 19th and 20th century Horice, the town of the stone beauty, became a prominent notable Czech centre of the Arts, most importantly in the art of sculpture. Above all, the local Sculpture School in connection with stone pit and stonecutting of the Horice's sandstone, and at a later time also The International Sculpture Symposia, were impulses of crucial importance that predetermined and still support the cultural character of the town.
The town of Horice is situated in the centre of the stone pits region of the cenoman squared siliceous sandstone. From the second half of the 19th century the Horice Sandstone is intensely quarried for and processed. Therefore you can find nearly 150 historical stone pits around Horice today. Horice Sandstone is used for a countless number of significant buildings and art works both in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Since 1966 international meetings of sculptors have taken place in Horice. The sculptors create their art works from Horice sandstone in a ravishing milieu of an abandoned historical stone pit of Saint Joseph. Here they are provided by technical equipment and they meet all their requirements. The sculptures are put together into an unique natural gallery in public park on the hill of Saint Gothard, where you can see 86 works of art showing contemporary world art of sculpture.
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