Vinoř - Jenštejn
At the Chapel
Chapel No. 28 was dedicated to the „Ivory Tower“ invocation of the Virgin Mary, which is venerated in the image that, according to tradition, was painted by St. Luke and was worshiped at St. Vitus’ Cathedral in Prague. For the part concerning St. Wenceslas a scene from the Stará Boleslav feasts was selected, representing the hesitancy of murderers who, apparently, three times, were not able to bring themselves to carry out the murder of St. Wenceslas, to whom one of his friends suggested in vain to leave secretly. The chapel was built based on the generosity of Václav Bílek of Bilenberk. Originally between 1680 – 1690 six chapels were constructed in the cadastral area of the village as a part of the Via Sancta that lined the old route from Prague to Stará Boleslav to commemorate the last journey of Prince Wenceslas. It was over this route, according to legend, that the dead body of Prince Wenceslas was carried from Boleslav to Prague. Because of the fact that this place was tied in with Czech history, it was also visited by believers of other faiths.
The building of the chapels commenced in 1674 – their number, 44, is determined by the number of Marian invocations there are in the Litany of Loreto. The distance between them is in the range of 400 – 600 m. Today, after more than 300 years, only 29 of the original 44 chapels remain.
A sugar factory was located in the eastern part of Vinoř that, despite efforts to save it, was demolished in 2009. At the Chapel)
Chapel No. 28 was dedicated to the „Ivory Tower“ invocation of the Virgin Mary, which is venerated in the image that, according to tradition, was painted by St. Luke and was worshiped at St. Vitus’ Cathedral in Prague. For the part concerning St. Wenceslas a scene from the Stará Boleslav feasts was selected, representing the hesitancy of murderers who, apparently, three times, were not able to bring themselves to carry out the murder of St. Wenceslas, to whom one of his friends suggested in vain to leave secretly. The chapel was built based on the generosity of Václav Bílek of Bilenberk. Originally between 1680 – 1690 six chapels were constructed in the cadastral area of the village as a part of the Via Sancta that lined the old route from Prague to Stará Boleslav to commemorate the last journey of Prince Wenceslas. It was over this route, according to legend, that the dead body of Prince Wenceslas was carried from Boleslav to Prague. Because of the fact that this place was tied in with Czech history, it was also visited by believers of other faiths.
The building of the chapels commenced in 1674 – their number, 44, is determined by the number of Marian invocations there are in the Litany of Loreto. The distance between them is in the range of 400 – 600 m. Today, after more than 300 years, only 29 of the original 44 chapels remain.
A sugar factory was located in the eastern part of Vinoř that, despite efforts to save it, was demolished in 2009.
