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Svatá Ludmila

Saint Ludmila

c. 860 - 921
martyr, grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus. Saint Ludmila is venerated as a patroness of Bohemia
(Wikipedia)

18th century sculptor
1710-1720

Description

Statue of Saint Ludmila in a small chapel on the south-western corner of the cemetery wall. This chapel was built in 1880 to a design by Antonïn Baum. The Baroque sandstone statue was created between 1710 and 1720 in the workshop of the Brokof sculptors for Marek Bernard Joanelli, a councillor of the Old Town, and originally stood in the former ornamental garden Na Slupi below the Church of St Apollinaris.

Artist

18th century sculptor

Sources & Information

Bazilika sv. Petra a Pavla na Vyšehradě, Vyšehradská zastavení.

Location (N 50°3'52" - E 14°25'1") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr060; Photograph: 6 July 2026
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