Temple of the Three Graces (Břeclav)

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Main facade
Three naked women - though not graces
Rear view of the building

The Temple of the Three Graces ( Czech : Chrám Tří grácií ) is a staffage building in the park of the Valtice Castle (German: Feldsberg Castle ) in Břeclav , Czech Republic , part of the Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape and thus the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the same name .

Geographical location

The building is one of a series of structures by the ponds that separate the Lednice and Valtice chateaux. It is set back on the south bank of the Mitterteich ( Prostřední rybník ) and in a line of sight with the pond castle on the opposite bank. The Boří les extends south .

history

The client was Prince Johann I von Liechtenstein , the executive architect Joseph Franz Engel . The temple was built in 1824/25.

building

The main facade of the building faces the lake. It forms a convex semicircle made up of twelve ionic columns. At its center is the group of three unclothed women statues on a round base. The row of columns ends on both sides in a facade section formed by a Venetian window . The columns correspond to Doric pilasters on the inner wall of the colonnade . In the niches in between are 10 allegorical figures created by Joseph Klieber .

Inside there is a central salon with a mosaic floor , marble- clad walls, barrel vaults with a surrounding frieze and grisaille coffering. The marble was procured from a closed monastery in Wranau . The salon has access from both the colonnade and the rear of the building. In its center there was originally a statue of Venus bathing on a granite plinth , which Leopold Kissling created based on "a model from the Vatican".

The eponymous group of women arranged in the semicircle of the convex facade shows - contrary to the name - not the Charites (three graces) Aglaia , Euphrosyne and Thalia , but the goddesses Artemis , Athene and Aphrodite . The group of figures came from Johann Martin Fischer , originally stood in the Eisgruber Castle Park and was moved here.

See also

literature

  • Pavel Zatloukal (eds.), Přemysl Krejčiřík and Ondřej Zatloukal: The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape . Foibos Books, Prague 2012.

Web links

Commons : Temple of the Three Graces  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 125.
  2. ↑ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 126.

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 29.3 "  N , 16 ° 47 ′ 48.3"  E