The Nitra Castle lost the tower eighty years ago. They were destroyed by the red -larmed – we are
The bells melted, the face of the angel stuck into the ground.
Nitra. The incendiary shot hit on March 30, 1945, on Good Friday, the castle tower. Subsequently, a fire broke out and the dome collapsed, the bells were also destroyed.
Exactly eighty years after this event, interested parties will be able to see an exhibition of a humiliated tower.
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The Nitra bishopric in cooperation with the non -profit organization Castellum has prepared commemorative activities. It commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Red Army Castle.
« The memory will be part of the climb to the Cathedral Tower connected with a commented show. There is also a program for children called in the footsteps of the lost angel, » says the bishopric.
The action takes place on March 30.
The mascaron found in the ground
The bronze face of the angel (mascaron) was a decoration of the destroyed bell from 16. Twenty years after the tower was sharpened by Milan Truska, a resident of Podzámská Street. He dug the foundations for the garage.
In the publication of the stories from under the Nitra Castle it is written by Nitra researcher, poor professor Imrich Točka. He bought an artistic piece and donated to the Diocesan Museum in the Castle in 2012. It was deposited in the deposit.
Last November they returned the mascaron to the castle tower, part of the exhibition.
Visitors will also see an audiovisual projection: « It illustrates events one March week before the end of the war in 1945, as well as the reconstruction process of the tower in the post -war years. »
Run the tower was three years
After an intervention by a fireplace shot, Nitra Castle was three years without a tower. It was restored in 1948, the work was done by local tradesmen. The money was provided by the bishopric and Kapitula, the believers contributed.
Professor Točka wrote that a significant amount also gave the commission of education, enlightenment and technology. According to the bishopric, the total costs reached CZK 1,385,000.
Some still mistakenly think that the tower was destroyed by an air bomb when the Red Army bombed Nitra on March 26, 1945.
« Today it is known that they fired from Janíkovce, used anti -tank cannon with incendiary charge, » said Štefan Košovan, who has been exploring the history of Nitra for years.
He was the first to reveal taboo in the book that the city on March 26, 1945 bombed the Red Army. This tragic event is also mentioned in the ten -minute film document, which is part of the exposure.
The authors of the exhibition in the tower are Veronika Pleštinská and Silvia Eliašová from the non -profit organization Castellum. The expert guarantor is Bishop Viliam Judák.
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