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Splendours of Our Homeland
St. Martin's Cathedral, Spišská Kapitula
Catalogue Number:  279
Graphic lay-out Igor Benca
Stamp Engraving:  František Horniak
Date of Issue:  November 15, 2002
Printing:  Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague, Czech Republic
Print Technology:  Recess printing from flat plates
Size of Impression:  23.0 mm x 40.0 mm
Print Run:  300,000
FDC Motif:  Igor Benca
FDC Engraving: František Horniak
Cancellation Design:  Igor Benca
FDC Printing:  Postal Stationery Printing House, Prague, Czech Republic
FDC Print Technology:  Recess printing from flat plates
FDC Print Run:  6,000

The dominance of the historical reserve Spišská Kapitula is the Romanesque St. Martin's Cathedral. This three-nave basilica with two-tower facade was built from 1245 to 1275. Its urban structure developed when the high tomb chapel of the Zápol'sky's family was added to the old cathedral from 1488 to 1493. Presently, the cathedral looks like it was arranged in romantic style from 1873 to 1889. Cathedral with its unique interior equipment is an architectural gem. The travertine plastic of the Romanesque statue of a sitting lion from the 13th century has been preserved. Very significant are also the monuments of the medieval murals (Coronation of Charles Robert from Anjou as the Hungarian King). The tubular painting on the altar from the chapel showing St. Mary's Coronation is regarded as the masterpiece.


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