Gothard - portal of the new cemetery

The portal was built in the years 1893-1907 in the Neo-Renaissance style according to the design of professors Bohuslav Moravec and Antonín Cechner, but the director of the sculpture and stonemasonry school Vilém Dokoupil came up with the proposal for its construction. The sculptural decoration was designed by Mr. Mořic Černil (figure of an Angel, circular fillings and church emblems) and Quido Kocián (Art Nouveau sculpture Death and Resurrection on the sides of the portal). The intention of the school…