Church of Saint Elisabeth in Kbely, Catholic church in Kbely, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint Elisabeth in Kbely is a Roman Catholic parish church built in 2001–2003 in a modern style at the corner of Vrchlabská and Železnobrodská streets in Prague 19-Kbely, near the source of the Vinořský stream. Architect Bernardo d'Ambrose gave it the form of a loaf of bread with a slice cut off and given away, recalling Saint Elisabeth's charity.
Kbely belonged to the Vinoř parish for centuries; in 1931 Dr. František Nosek bought a plot and had a chapel built, consecrated on 28 October 1932 by Grand Master Josef Vlasák. Kbely became a quasi-parish on 27 January 1997. The chapel was replaced by the present church, built in 2001–2003 and consecrated on 13 June 2004 by Cardinal Miloslav Vlk.
The church is dedicated to Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, and its form follows the architect's idea of a loaf of bread with a piece cut off and given away, recalling her charity. The earlier chapel on the site was consecrated on 28 October 1932 by Dr. Josef Vlasák, Grand Master of the Knights of the Cross.
The church stands at the corner of Vrchlabská (No. 42/41) and Železnobrodská streets in Prague 19-Kbely, close to the spring of the Vinořský stream. It replaced an earlier chapel on the same site, so look for the modern building rather than an old chapel. Kbely became a quasi-parish on 27 January 1997, and the new church was consecrated on 13 June 2004.
The church's plan follows architect Bernardo d'Ambrose's idea of a loaf of bread with a piece cut off and given away, a reference to Saint Elizabeth's charity. The cut corresponds to the missing corner of the block at Vrchlabská and Železnobrodská streets.
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