Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk, Religious chapel in Tihava, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk stands on a central island inside the water moat of the Na Baště fortified site in Tihava, near Kotopky in the Beroun District. The moat is eight to sixteen metres wide, and a low rise along its outer edge may be the remnant of a rampart. The whole area is protected as a cultural monument.
The chapel stands on the site of the older of two medieval strongholds in Tihava, called Na Baště, of which no written records survive; it was probably the seat of Mareš of Tihava, mentioned in 1393. The stronghold lost its importance after the mid-15th century, when the estate passed to the crown and then to Mikuláš of Landštejn, and the chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk was later built on its central island.
The chapel stands on the central island of the moated site called Na Baště, in the southern part of Tihava. It is dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk, the patron of bridges and confessors, whose veneration was widespread in the Bohemian countryside. The site is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The chapel stands on the central island of the Na Baště fortified site, encircled by a water moat eight to sixteen metres wide; the outer edge of the moat is lined by a low rise that may be the remnant of a rampart. The site lies in the southern part of Tihava, near Kotopky in the Beroun District, and is protected as a cultural monument.
The chapel stands on the central island of a moat 8 to 16 metres wide, the surviving earthwork of the older of two medieval strongholds in Tihava. The site, called Na Baště, is protected as a cultural monument; a low rise along the outer edge of the ditch may be the remnant of a rampart.
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