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e e n n n n 12 13 e e n n SCULPTURE WORKS, 11 MEMORIALS, MEMORIAL TABLETS OF n n e e P I E Š Ť A N Y n n Pribinova 2; 921 01 Piešťany y y 0 0 4 2 1 ( 0 ) 3 3 / 7 7 1 9 6 2 1 , 2 , 3 n n [email protected]; www.pic.piestany.sk a a ť ť May-September : š š Mo-Fri: 9:00am - 8:00pm, Sat: 9:00am - 2:00pm, Sun: 2:00pm - 6:00pm O c t o b e r - A p r i l : e e Mo-Fri: 9:00am - 6:00pm, Sat: 9:00am - 2:00pm, Sun: 2:00pm - 6:00pm i i p p s s 37 s s e e e e u u u u t t t t 44 a a a a t t t t 38 s s s s s s t t t t 43 a a a a t t t t u u u u e e 39 e e s s s s s s s s e e e e u u u u t t t t a a a a t t t t s s s s s s t t t t a a a a t t t t u u u u e e e e S c u l p t u r e s o l d a n d n e w , s s s s statuaries and relieves made by artists of varied qualities, works of s s s s art made from stone, metal, wood, e e 54 e e ceramics, concrete or other u u u u suitable material; works intended t t 10 t t 22 t o b e m e m o r i a l s o r s i m p l y a a a a t t 50 01 02 03 04 t t adornments making their imprint 55 45 05 06 07 s s s s s s 18 08 09 25 on their own or in union with t t t t a a a a architecture - we can meet all this 34 42 t t t t while having a stroll through u u u u Piešťany. The goal of this short 33 e e 56 e e 28 For details please visit the guide is not to offer complex view s s 46 s s over all pieces of plastic art in the 56 35 Piešťany information centre in Pribinova Street 2. Issued by: The Town Library Piešťany, PIC, town nor to comment on their s s s s 51 Piešťany 2007 artistic values. The following e e 29 e e 16 23 selection only desires to direct u u 31 u u 26 t t Text and illustrations: Ing. arch. Ľubomír Mrňa t t one's attention to the presence of 19 36 41 Photographs: Jozef Radošinský a a 24 a a sculptures in various town parts - t t 20 48 Translation: ??? ??? t t 30 s s s s Responsible for content: author s s in parks, streets, plazas, other t t t t various public or semi-public 15 a a a a 14 areas; and, some of them to point t t t t u u u u at and describe. And, to remind the 17 e e e e significance of outdoor sculpture s s s s exhibitions that later became 47 known as The Statues of Piešťany s s 21 s s Parks; just this resource enriched e e 49 ARCHITEKTONICKÝ e e the town as well as the Spa with u u 53 u u number of valuable sculptures in t t A T E L I É R B P t t the second half of the last century. a a 52 T E L / F A X 0 3 3 / 7 6 2 8 8 1 0 a a t t 40 t t s s s s 32 Two jack laggings (136, Štefánikova Street). They 01 05 “The St. Trinity column” “Memorial Tablet to St. Steven the King” 09 14 “The statues of Greco - Roman Gods” (Spa Island, originate from the perished Middle Ages gothic (Roman Catholic church St. c h u r c h c o n s t r u c t i o n ( 1 3 8 park before the Thermia Palace Hotel) - cultural cloister temple - probably of the Steven the King, 138 Štefánikova Štefánikova Street, church vestibule) - landmark. Human in size and Order of St. John of Jerusalem - in Street). It was made by an cultural landmark. The Latin inscription classicistic form, four gods are Detvianska Street. Later, the jack anonymous artist with Classicistic contains chronogram (the date), encrypted in portrayed: goddess of flowers laggings were set in the face side feel. It stands in its original place as the text, emphasized by large letters which are Chloris - Flora, god of trade of the parsonage gate pillars later. the only one from all the statues found identical with the Roman numbers. In this case it Hermes - Mercury, goddess of On one jack lagging, Jesus today in the church vicinity. From the was the year 1831. Opposite the tablet, a wisdom Pallas Athena - Minerva Christ's head is pictured; the other inscription „KE CTI A CHVALE wooden cross with body of the Crucified is on and goddess of harvest Demeter - one is skilfully decorated with plant BOSKEG POLOŽENA 1833 / Z. M. L. the wall. It is a remarkable carving work from Ceres. An anonymous sculptor leaves ornaments. The jack R.„ the time connection with the the first half of the 20th century. made them from sandstone at the laggings are the oldest examples of artistic sculpture craft church consecration is apparent. It was one from two beginning of the 19th century in Piešťany. memorials dedicated to the Saint Trinity in the same year. (Hermes is dated 1803). The “Stone cross with the Crucified” (Žilinská Street, statues were moved to Piešťany next to the cemetery), from 1779, is the second 10 from the mansion in Kráľová pri “The Roadside Statue of 02 “Pieta” (Roman Catholic oldest from around ten Senici in 1942. In the beginning, they adorned the Thermia St. Vendelin” (Roman 06 church St. Steven the King, roadside stone crosses in situ. Palace garden. They were placed in their present position Catholic church consecrated to 138 Štefánikova Street). On the plinth (The oldest from 1753, without in the second half of the 20th century. They were declared St. Steven the King, 138 face side of Our Lady of Sorrows with the original statue of the national cultural memorial No. 10701/1 4 in 1992. Štefánikova Street) - cultural the dead Jesus Christ statuary, the Crucified, can be found in the landmark. The sandstone statue - statue of St. Jan Nepomuk stands on junction of Družobná and saint with a little lamb and calf at the column bracket. The sandstone Dudvážska Streets, in the „Najada“ (Spa Island 2, at the his feet - was made by an composition was probably made by a isolated town part - former 15 outdoor thermal pool, anonymous folk artist and professional artist, as it was said, in the village Kocurice which used to separated part of the Thermia Palace represents the early sacral „folk middle of the 19th century. Before it be independent settlement. Hotel garden) - cultural landmark. An Baroque style“ works in Piešťany. was moved to church, it was standing Probably the third oldest, from alloy statue of a nymph with a fish in The inscription reads: „SANCTE in the Spa Island, incorporated into the 1783, is in the crossroad of its raised right hand and full net over W E N D E L I N E O R A P R O live green fence of the Thermia Palace Hotel garden. Sládkovičova and Tatarkova its left arm is a work by unidentified NOBIS...„ and the year 1760. St. Streets). The sculptor, as it is sculptor likely from 1859. In 2001, Vendelin - the shepherds´ patron with the majority of historical sacral sculptures, was along with „Najada“, the interior saint - belonged to saints beloved by the whole Slovak “The memorial to Madonna of the Rosary” (Roman anonymous folk artist. The surface of the sandstone is not marble statues: Three Graces, countryside; his statues were often coated with 07 Catholic church St. Steven the King, 138 painted over. Aphrodite, A girl's head and as well polychromes. In this case, the original colours were not Štefánikova Street). Originally, it stood as a collection of Art Nouveau retained - a coat of white colour replaced the polychromes in the Town Park, next to villa „Cmunt“ wooden brackets with bronze female (as well as on the statues 3 - 6 and 8). (today „Berlin“). Painted in white “The Saint Trinity Column torsos, all from Thermia Palace Hotel, were enlisted into colour, the statue, said to be made (Vrbovská Street). This one 11 the central register of the Slovak Landmark Fund in 2001. from marble, is miniaturised is the most richly expanded “The Roadside Statue of St. Florin” (Roman 03 reproduction of a Lourdes prototype. columns from three local memorials Catholic church St. Steven As the inscription from 1890, in Polish, built to the glory of the Most Saint “Relief hermas on the facades of the Spa Parlour or the King, 138 Štefánikova Street) - says „Na wiekszą chwalę Boga / w Trinity. Rich, Baroque three plate 16 Kursalon” (5 Beethovenova Street) - cultural cultural landmark. This work by an dowod zywej wiary / i najgłębszej czci i column, oriented in three directions, landmark.

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