Bell tower, Bílovice-Lutotín

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completed 2018, Bílovice-Lutotín

cooperation of locksmith Milan Tančin

photo Ivan Němec

The overall form and detail represent an obvious reference to Gothic architecture and related spiritual symbolism.

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The consecration of the new bell, as proposed by Stempel & Tesař in Bílovice-Lutotín at ČT art

Tradition

The bell tower in the Haná village represents a contemporary sacral and artistic element situated on a picturesque village square with traditional folk architecture.

The work is located beneath a memorial linden tree, a few dozen meters from St. Florian's Chapel, against the backdrop of a heritage-listed county -- a farm building with an arched vestibuleand an upstairs granary.

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...unconventional concept, yet very pretty; beauty and elegance are in simple shapes with a Gothic arch as well as in that ornament in the shape of crosses - four-leaf clovers. The execution is simple and sturdy, the destroyers of nice things cannot handle that. Such small architecture is the jewel of our landscape. It is good that it did not end in the Baroque, but it continues. Thanks to you, too. God bless you!

Mons. František Radkovský

Shape of crosses-four-leaf clovers

The open structure, in the form of a 2.7 metre high and 0.7 metre deep spiky arch, is a 15 millimetre steel sheet.

This was perforated by laser technology into a diagonally arranged cross-four-leaf pattern.

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The simple and elegant form of the bell also brings durability and small maintenance requirements, it is the sturdy execution of the small work that is very important when it is placed in a public space.

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