Maková hora – Smolová Věra (2024)

The wicked widow and the good daughter of architect Jan Blažej Santini, Rubens' painting on the vault of the nave, and the living aqueduct at Maková – all this and many other previously unpublished stories from the history of the beloved pilgrimage site in Central Povltaví. The book is published in the year marking the 300th anniversary of the issuance of the permanent permit to hold services in the chapel of St. John the Baptist at Maková, blessed on June 24, 1720. This year (2023) also marks 300 years since the death of the famous Baroque architect Jan Blažej Santini, whose widow and daughter were the owners of Smolotel and patrons of the chapel at Maková. ***** Contents: Smolotely and Knight Chanovský, Spiritual Administration, Construction of the Chapel, Blessing of the Chapel, Interior, Hermitage, Brotherhood of the Carmelite Scapular, Further Fates of Knight Chanovský, Maková under the Chřepičtí and Santini-Aichel Families, The First Rescue of Maková, After the Establishment of the Dolnohbitská Locality, Under the Henniger Barons, Renewal of the Scapular Brotherhood, Maková Parish, Water for Maková and the Maková Donkeys, The Bosáček Brothers, During the First Republic and Occupation, Maková under Socialism, Maková after 1990, Bells at Maková, Organs at Maková, The Maková Pilgrimage, Spiritual Guardians of Maková, Sources, Literature, List of Abbreviations, Illustrations, Summary