Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist
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The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist is a baroque-style church north-east of Kutná Hora
in the Czech Republic
and is part of a World heritage site with the chapel of All Saints. The church was built first in a gothic
style at the end of the 13th-century. After the Hussite Wars
, it was destroyed and re-built at the beginning of the eighteenth century by Jan Santini Aichel
in the style of the baroque. The latest restoration of the church took place in 2001.
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora is a city in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic in the Central Bohemian Region.-History:The town began in 1142 with the settlement of the first Cistercian Monastery in Bohemia, Kloster Sedlitz, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey...
in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and is part of a World heritage site with the chapel of All Saints. The church was built first in a gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
style at the end of the 13th-century. After the Hussite Wars
Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars involved the military actions against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1419 to circa 1434. The Hussite Wars were notable for the extensive use of early hand-held gunpowder weapons such as hand cannons...
, it was destroyed and re-built at the beginning of the eighteenth century by Jan Santini Aichel
Jan Santini Aichel
Jan Blažej Santini Aichel was a Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent a curious amalgam of the Gothic and Baroque styles.-Biography:...
in the style of the baroque. The latest restoration of the church took place in 2001.