Charlemagne (Karel I. Veliký) - Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
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Sandstone statue of Charlemagne, known as Charles the Great, king of Franks (768-814) and the Holy Roman Emperor (800 - 814) located on famous Baroque Statues Gallery in front of the Jesuit College in Kutná Hora (Central Bohemia).
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/26/2015
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Charlemagne (c.742-814) was the son of King Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. When his father died in 768, he was co-ruler with his brother Carloman I. Carloman died in 771 and Charlemagne then ruled alone. He continued his father's policy of protecting the Papacy. Pope Leo III, on 25 December 800, crowned him as the head of the Holy Roman Empire at the Vatican. He was canonized as a Saint in 1166 by Antipope Paschal III. His reign ended with his death in 814...and he is recognized as one of the most important European leaders ever. In fact, Pope John Paul II referred to him as the Father of Europe.
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Sandstone sculpture of the Emperor is located on famous Baroque Statues Gallery in front of the Jesuit College in Kutná Hora. It depicts him as Roman Emperor wearing the Emperor's crownwith a royal Apple and Royal Sceptre in his hands. The statue was made in 1713 by František Baugut,