Svatá Hora - Príbram (Central Bohemia)
N 49° 41.103 E 014° 01.073
33U E 429156 N 5504077
Fire heavily damaged famous Baroque pilgrimage complex of Svatá Hora (Holly Hill) in Príbram on April 27, 1978...
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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Fire heavily damaged famous Baroque pilgrimage complex of Svatá Hora (Holly Hill) in Príbram on April 27, 1978...
Over 350 firemen from 48 firemen units equipeed by 31 fire engines fought the accidentaly set fire for more than 20 hours. Seven people were treated, but fortunately nobody died. But Svata Hora was heavily damaged (cloister and convent roofs destroyed, clocktower heavily damaged, frescoes damaged by water etc.). The repairs were finished in 1982.
Baroque complex Svatá Hora (Holy Hill), the prominent Marian pilgrimage site of Czech Lands with central Basilica of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, is also an outstanding cultural, architectonic and historic monument of the country. A testament to Svatá Hora importance is the fact that Pope Pius X bestowed church with the title of basilica minor in 1905, which is granted to only the most important Christian churches in the world. Svatá Hora, declared as a National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic in 1995, was completely reconstructed in 2015-2016.