Platinová investiční medal - Chrám sv. Víta
weight: 500 g
purity: 999/1000 Pt
edge: plain, numbered
limited mintage: 400 pcs
issue day: November 2009
Objednávkový kód: CRM341
St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague - the largest and most important temple in the capital of the Czech Republic. The three-aisled Gothic building was the site of the coronation of Czech kings are buried inside the provincial rulers, archbishops and patrons.
Need a representative of the temple in the area of ??Prague Castle arose after promotion to the archbishopric of Prague in the spring of 1344. The foundation stone laid on November 21 of that year, the young King Charles IV, then as a Moravian Margrave, his father John of Luxemburg, first Archbishop Ernest of Pardubice and present was also the brother of Charles John Henry of Luxembourg. The first architect of the cathedral became a French architect Matthias of Arras. After his death in 1352 the management took over the construction Petr Parler, the original plan in principle, but sensitively reworked and himself as a sculptor endeavored to decorate the cathedral. In 1541, the temple was severely damaged by a fire that engulfed the Lesser Town and Prague Castle.
The construction, however, over the centuries, despite the efforts of various rulers failed to finish. In the second half of the 19th century came to a brisk solution Unity for Completing the Cathedral of St. Vitus. The original parts were repaired and the rest finished in Gothic Revival style. The temple was attended by President Tomas G. Masaryk and Archbishop Francis Korda ordained in 1929, when people commemorate the thousandth anniversary of the murder of St. Wenceslas.
Ground cathedral has the shape of a cross, the nave vault is 33.2 meters high. South tower is 96.5 meters.
The focal point of the temple is richly decorated chapel of St. Wenceslas, where the remains of the patron saint of the Czech lands. The chapel stairs leading to the crown chamber, where they are from the period of Charles IV. the crown jewels.