Repairs and reconstruction

Project name: PROTECTION OF THE STUDANCA OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN AND RESTORATION OF THE SET OF STATES AT BALUSTRÁDE, HOLY MOUNTAIN

Project registration number: CZ.06.04.04/00/22_052/0002737

Basic objectives of the project:

• Ensuring the protection of cultural heritage and making accessible parts of the monument that have not yet been accessible;

• Preservation of the exceptional universal value of the historical heritage in the form of the national cultural monument of the Church of Our Lady with Convent - Svatá Hora (ÚSKP Register No. 189) for present and future generations;

• Strengthening/preserving the image of the National Cultural Monument Church of Our Lady with Convent - Svatá Hora as an attractive tourist destination;

• Increase in the number of visitors to the national cultural monument Church of Our Lady and the Monastery - Svatá Hora.

Brief description of the project:

• Construction and restoration of SO 07 Marian Well;

• Sample restoration of a set of statues on the balustrade and balustrade railings, stone lining;

• Restoration of the end points of the camera and access system.

The project is co-financed by the European Union.

RESCUE OF THE SVATOHORSKÁ STUDÁNKA

The Marian Well is a small chapel-shaped structure covered by a bulbous roof, built over the original well. The building is structurally quite degraded by the modifications made in the last century. The oval windows have been bricked up, repairs to the plaster have been made with unsuitable material, and the well has been enclosed with a concrete slab that also forms the floor of the interior space. In spite of these inappropriate and destructive alterations, some partial finds indicate a high degree of preservation of the original decoration. Fragments of linear patterns stand out under the paintings of the interior walls below the ceiling, also in the exterior south-western niche there are relatively well preserved remains of folk fresco figurative decoration (Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus).

Solvenda, s.r.o., Čiklova 1706/13a, Prague 2 - Nusle, won the tender in September 2025

author's supervision. arch. Richard Cibík

technical supervision of the builder: Ing. Václav Hrabík

The reconstruction is being carried out under the control of the National Institute Prague and the Central Bohemian Region.

Price of reconstruction (without ineligible expenses): CZK 3,815,130 incl. VAT

Mandatory share of the owner (parish): CZK 1,526,052 incl. VAT + CZK 74,770 incl. VAT (ineligible expenses)

Start of reconstruction: 13 October 2025

Planned completion of the reconstruction (within 12 months of the call): 3 October 2026

Thank you to all who help us with prayers and financial donations.

Forthcoming:

CAMERA SYSTEM RECONSTRUCTION

RESTORATION OF THE STATUES ON THE BALUSTRADE

ANGEL COLLECTION