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Chapel. Catherine of Alexandria
The position of the chapel is in the lower part of the cemetery to the place where probably in the 12th - 14th cent. Castle became the areola .
The construction period Zeletavska cemetery chapel falls in a period building boom for Zacharias of Hradec ( 1526-1589 ) . Cemetery chapel. Catherine of Alexandria was therefore built in the Renaissance period of the late Gothic elements . The nave with chancel was reportedly completed in the year 1583rd Gothic vocabulary that persists at the chapel in the form of hrotovitých arches tall, narrow but widely špaletovaných windows motive nuns , not in this building conscious historicism , but a sign of conservative building traditions . For a similar construction output was normal. Tower chapel was built (or restored ) probably 1809.
Renaissance chapel nepřekryly form or modifications 18th century ( the chapel was built in the baroque ossuary and upgraded furniture) , or more extensive repairs and restoration of a 19th- century ( the most important restoration took place from 1888 to 1889 , when it was modified and extended surrounding the cemetery ) . In the 20th century has undergone the most visible changes in the shape of the roof of the tower.
Catherine of Alexandria was a Christian martyr , according to legend . She had to live around the year 300, and for centuries was one of the most popular Christian saint. Today's researchers , however, assume that a fictional character . According to Christian legend, Catherine was educated Egyptian princess who became a Christian. During the persecution of Christians by Emperor Maxentius appeared to defend their faith and disputation convinced of its truth fifty pagan philosophers. They gave the Emperor eventually burn . Maxentius, intrigued by the power of her personality , he offered marriage to Princess Catherine . She refused because he has dedicated her virginity. Therefore, the emperor had to torture . The first attempt was unsuccessful execution , because the burning wheel, than to be entwined , struck by lightning. Therefore emperor had cut her breasts and beheaded . From the saint lived , according to legend , instead of blood spurting milk. Angels they brought her dead body on the sacred Mount Sinai, Egypt . Here was later built still standing Monastery of St. . Catherine of Alexandria .
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