Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, Pseudo-Romanesque church in Jižní Předměstí, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint John of Nepomuk is a pseudo-Romanesque church on the corner of Klatovská Street and Chodské náměstí, over 50 metres long with a three-nave layout and a 34-metre main nave. Two 63-metre towers with golden crosses flank the west front, and the interior holds the altar of St. John of Nepomuk by František Kadeřábek after a design by Jan Kastner.
The Redemptorists arrived in Pilsen in 1907 and had plans for a church and monastery by 1909. The foundation stone was laid in 1910 on the feast of St. John of Nepomuk; the church, designed by Jan Svoboda and František Stalmach, was consecrated on 22 October 1911. In 2007 it became the parish church of Pilsen-Bory.
The church holds the original Plzeň Nativity scene, carved in 1947–1950 by sculptor František Bartoš after a 1943 design by architect Jan V. Čermák, in the oratory beneath the Družina Chapel. Its figures include Karel Klostermann, Josef Kajetán Tyl and Škoda factory workers, expressing that the Pilsen region bows to the newborn Saviour.
The church stands on the corner of Klatovská Street and Chodské náměstí, south of the Old Town. The choir loft is reached by a staircase on the right; a second staircase rises from the Zpěvní síň, the singing hall built under the loft on the left. The entrance portal has three doorways.
The church holds original Pilsen nativity scenes made in 1947–1950 by sculptor František Bartoš after Jan V. Čermák's 1943 design, placed in the oratory below the Družina Chapel. Their theme is "the Pilsen region adoring the newborn Saviour"; among the figures are Karel Klostermann, Josef Kajetán Tyl and brewers of the Škoda works.
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