The Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora is a religious building at the edge of Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic, near the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. It is the
Kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého
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Original drawing from Santini – 18th century
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John of Nepomuk
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John of Nepomuk, also called John Nepomucene, was a Bohemian clergyman. Due to his loyalty to Archbishop Jan of Jenštejn in a dispute with the Bohemian crown, he was executed by King Wenceslaus IV of
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk
…Baroque with references to Gothic elements in both construction and decoration. In 1719, when the Roman Catholic Church declared the tongue of John of Nepomuk to be incorruptible, work started to build a church at Zelená hora, where the future saint had received his early education. It was consecrated immediately…
Johannes von Nepomuk Hinterglasbild
Martyrdom of St. John Nepomuk by Szymon Czechowicz, National Museum in Warsaw.
The Dead Body of John of Nepomuk on the banks of the Vltava c. 1760 by Franz Xaver Palko.
St. John of Nepomuk's Tomb in St Vitus Cathedral, Prague