Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Gothic church in Most, Czech Republic
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a late Gothic church building in Starý Most, a district of Most in the Czech Republic. The three-nave hall features internal buttresses and tall wall surfaces with slender windows that provide even lighting throughout the interior.
The building work started in 1517 under architect Jakob Heilmann after a fire destroyed the earlier basilica on the site. Construction continued over several decades into the early 17th century and shaped the final form of the church.
The church is still an active Catholic parish church, and its name refers to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Visitors can see the main altar built in 1735–1739, with decoration from the workshop of sculptor Bartoloměj Eder and an altarpiece by Josef Kramolín, both dated 1773. The interior was regothicised in 1880–1883, when part of the Baroque furnishings was removed.
The church is open to visitors from Wednesday through Sunday between April and October, and from Tuesday through Sunday between May and September. You can reach it on foot at its current location in the Starý Most district, where it stands after being relocated.
The move ran from 30 September to 27 October 1975, at 1–3 centimetres per minute, and the church was set on a two-storey reinforced-concrete foundation. The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the heaviest building ever moved on wheels, at 12,700 tonnes. Rails already passed over were carried from behind to the front of the building for reuse.
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