Štátule
The štátule is a baroque group of calvaries in the Czech Republic consisting of three sandstone figures . It is surrounded by a grove and is located one and a half kilometers northwest of the village of Smilovice in South Bohemia . It was built to commemorate the victims of the powder explosion of 1753.
history
In the place of the group of statues, east of the Velký Depot, was the powder mill of the Moldautein artillery training area, which existed between 1709 and 1866 .
During the exercises for a maneuver, in which the Bohemian Queen Maria Theresa also wanted to participate, a gunpowder explosion occurred on June 21, 1753, in which 80 soldiers were killed and another 40 were seriously injured. That day, at 6:30 a.m., two laboratories ignited, and the fire that spread eventually spread to the powder and caused an explosion. In the presence of Maria Theresa, a filigree baroque calvary was erected on the site of the powder factory that same year.
In 1994 the Calvary, protected as a cultural monument, was restored by the sculptor Ivan Tlášek.
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The main figure is a crucifix standing above purgatory on a globe with a snake. To the left is the statue of the Virgin Mary Seven Sorrows, to the right is the figure of St. John. The year 1750 carved into the base of the main figure is remarkable.
Maria Theresa had the group of figures made in Vienna immediately after the explosion and was unveiled during the Queen's visit. Possibly, because of the short-term nature, already existing figures were used, which could explain the year in the base.
The Štátule is often the sculptors Ferdinand Brokoff or Matthias Bernhard Braun attributed , but both were long dead at that time. The actual author is not yet known; it may be the work of one of her students.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 19 ″ N , 14 ° 28 ′ 3 ″ E