Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

CZECH REPUBLIC 273

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

Náměstí Republiky 35. Tel 377

223 112. # Apr–Oct: 9am–4pm

Sat–Sun; May–Sep: 9am–4pm

Tue–Sun. & Tower # 10am–

6pm daily; Jan & Feb: call to

check. & http://www.plzen.eu

The presbytery

was given its

present form

around 1360.

Entrance

Rood Arch

Standing on the beam of

the rood arch are figures

in a Calvary scene. The

crucifix was made in the

1470s by the Bohemian

Master of Plzeň.

. Sternberg Chapel
The Sternberg family
founded this chapel in
the early 16th century.
It has a beautiful altar
and marvellous
Renaisssance paintings.

Pendant Boss, Sternberg Chapel

This unusual hanging keystone in

the vault of the chapel is a unique

late-Gothic detail.

Pulpit
The sandstone Gothic pulpit
as well as the grand traceried
canopy above it, date from
around 1360, the same period
as the rood arch figures.

. Plzeň Madonna
The statue of the Virgin Mary set
at the centre of the main altar-
piece dates from around 1390
and is an outstanding example of
the International Gothic style.