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The Calvary statue was consecrated in 1803, above the crypt built for the Nitra bishop František Xave Fuchs, who worked in Dražovce from 1787 to 1804. The sandstone statue is surrounded by a stone balustrade. The dominant feature of the four-figure composition is the Crucified cross, placed on a raised pedestal, decorated with classicist ornamentation with the motif of droplet carving. Below him, Mary Magdalene is kneeling, and on the sides of the cross there are standing figures of the Virgin Mary and Saint John on lower pedestals in contraposto.

Calvary, NKP

The Calvary statue was consecrated in 1803, above the crypt built for the Nitra bishop František Xave Fuchs, who worked in Dražovce from 1787 to 1804. The sandstone statue is surrounded by a stone balustrade. The dominant feature of the four-figure composition is the Crucified cross, placed on a raised pedestal, decorated with classicist ornamentation with the motif of droplet carving. Below him, Mary Magdalene is kneeling, and on the sides of the cross there are standing figures of the Virgin Mary and Saint John on lower pedestals in contraposto.

The figural part of the sculpture is characterized by pathos, mitigated by the stiffness of the figures, disturbed only by richly frilled robes, in the intentions of the late Baroque. The statue, dated to the 1860s, was transferred to the place where it stands today from the Camaldol monastery on Zobor, which was abolished by Joseph II. in 178 Classicist architectural components of the Calvary were certainly created when the statue was installed in the uniformly designed architectural facade of the crypt and the church.

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Updated on: 21.10.2022

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Calvary, NKP
Pred farským kostolom
Ščasného ulica
Nitra-Dražovce
Region: Nitriansky
District: Nitra
Area: Ponitrie
 48.3527057, 18.0588198

Altitude: 151 m

Pred farským kostolom
Ščasného ulica
Nitra-Dražovce

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