Zagreb Cathedral
by Jasna Dragun
Title
Zagreb Cathedral
Artist
Jasna Dragun
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
Zagreb Cathedral full name Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Saints Stephen and Ladislav's neo-Gothic Basilica of Zagreb, is located at Kaptol. Zagreb Cathedral is the largest sacral building in Croatia, 77 m long, 48.2 m wide, 108 m high, and in its interior surface area of ​​1,617 m/2 can fit 5,000 people.
It is believed that the site of the present cathedral, stood a small church was built sometime between the 9th and 11th century, whose further fate is unknown. What is known for sure is that shortly after the founding of the Diocese of Zagreb (around 1094) began with the construction of large Romanesque church, but to the construction of protracted (lasting until 1217) building has received and Gothic features.
For the Tatar invasion in 1242, was badly damaged, but it was Bishop Timothy (1263rd to 1287th) started completely restored in the Gothic style. Renovation is continued through the 14th and 15th century, and in the 16th century and is determined by walls and towers to his final appearance in the 17th century when it was built with massive Renaissance bell tower.
More time was destroyed by fire, but its definitive end was a big earthquake in 1880 when it was concluded that it is static so distorted that it is better to bring down and pick up a new building in its place.
Plans to build a new cathedral were purchased from the Viennese expert in neo-Gothic style by Friedrich von Schmidt. He made them, but that he could not come to Zagreb, sent his young assistant Hermann Boll�. who is from 1880th to 1906th raised structure, basic amending project Schmidt, so that today's cathedral with two elegant towers and high roof, in fact his work.
It was thoroughly renovated and the interior of the basilica, thrown out the old baroque altars and build a new, instead of the old tombs of bishops and nobility built a new tomb behind the main altar. Are buried there; Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan, after their remains were transferred in 1919 from the Vienna New Places. There are also the tombs of the last three Zagreb Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac, Franjo Seper and Francis Kuharic.
My original photo, captured in Zagreb, Croatia, December 2016 .
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December 18th, 2016
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