Jesuit College (Kutná Hora)

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Jesuit college and cathedral in Kutná Hora

The Jesuit College in Kutna Hora (Kutna Hora) in the Czech Republic was in the 17th century for the local College of the Jesuits built, which existed until the 1773rd The college building, which is located between the Cathedral of St. Barbara and the old town of Kutná Hora, has been a listed building since May 3, 1958. Today it houses the Central Bohemian Region Gallery (GASK, Středočeského kraje Gallery ).

history

At the instigation of the Kuttenberg mint master and eager Catholic Vilém Illburk z Vřesovic, the Jesuits came to the city in 1626. In the 1660s, the Vienna- born architect Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini was commissioned to construct a building with enough space for all the activities of the order. The Jesuits did not move into the largely unfinished building until 1678. After Orsi's death, Carlo Lurago - both of whom had already made a name for themselves as builders of the Clementinum in Prague - continued the construction work, which was finally completed around 1750.

In 1773, Emperor Joseph II dissolved the Jesuit order in the Habsburg monarchy . The building complex then served the military administration as barracks . In 1778 a hospital was established in the north wing.

Building description

Jesuit college in Kutná Hora

Architect Orsi had chosen an E-shaped floor plan for the monumental, early Baroque college building. For financial reasons, however, only the current F-shaped floor plan was implemented. This was later reinterpreted to the effect that the "F" form in honor of Emperors Ferdinand II and Ferdinand III. was chosen.

The architecture of the college is relatively simple in accordance with the Jesuit order rules, only the front is reminiscent of an early baroque Italian palace.

The figure gallery along the east side of the Jesuit college was built on an artificially raised terrace. Franz Baugut created the statues of twelve saints of the order between 1703 and 1717, including Ignatius von Loyola and Franz Xaver , as well as the Bohemian patron saint , St. Wenceslas . The gallery is reminiscent of the two rows of figures on Charles Bridge in Prague.

The demolition of the central tower on the east side in 1843 meant a major intervention in the overall appearance of the building complex, which was carried out for structural reasons. The covered, free-floating corridor from the college to the Barbaradom, which was built in the 1730s, was removed at the end of the 19th century.

Personalities

See also

Web links

Commons : Jesuit College in Kutná Hora  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • History české provincie. In: jesuit.cz. Retrieved on April 19, 2020 (short history of the Jesuit order in the Czech Republic with a list of all, including former, branches).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Kolej jezuitská ÚSKP 29963 / 2-1043 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
  2. ↑ a b The Jesuitská kolej - GASK Gallery of the Central Bohemia Region (GASK). In: kutnahora.cz. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '46.7 "  N , 15 ° 15' 49.3"  E