Deans Church of Lord's Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor - Tabor, Czech Republic
Posted by: 
vraatja
N 49° 24.868 E 014° 39.495
33U E 475211 N 5473588
Ten stained Gothic-like stained glass windows from 1897, 1913 and 1933 in Deans Church of Lord's Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor in city Tabor (South Bohemia)
Waymark Code: WMF0A1
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/01/2012
Views: 71
"The name of the main church confirms the orientation of our predecessors and their relationship to the Bible. A story in the Gospel has it that on Mount Tabor near Genezaret Lake in Palestine Jesus changed his appearance before the very eyes of his followers to show them that he was the God’s son.
In the place of the contemporary dean church a wooden church used to stand which was more like a barn than a religious structure. In the 1480´s the construction of a new, more monumental sanctuary began. Stanek of Prague, having proved his skills in the town hall, was summoned again. About the year 1512 he finished the interior of the church. The church has a nave and two adjacent aisles on the sides. While the presbytery is vaulted over with a rare diamond vault, the rest of the church has a tracery vault. The church was built at the same time as the town hall, which means they both bear similar architectural features - of the late Gothic period. However, due to later alterations the church has also signs of other architectural styles. First Renaissance gables were added, then a Renaissance gallery lengthened the Gothic tower, and in 1677 all this was topped with a Baroque dome designed by Giovanni ad Capauli. At the end of the last century the architect Josef Mocker renewed the medieval appearance of the church."
There are ten stained Gothic-like glass windows in the church. These windows comes from 1897, 1913 and 1933 and their were paid from donations of burghers of the city and parishioners of the church.Each window is divided into three parts and in each of the parts some of the saints is depicted. In some of the windows just the donators of the windows are depicted in lower parts.
Cited from (
visit link)