This sgraffito depiction of a Renaissance king and queen conversing on either side of a tree is one of two scenes, framed by columns, etched between windows in the ornate restored 16th century façade of the historic burgher house at Horni náměstí (Upper Square) 517 in Slavonice, South Bohemia, Czechia or Czech Republic. Behind the façade lies a secret Lutheran (Protestant) prayer room with vivid Apocalypse frescoes of 1568 that somehow survived the Counter Reformation and the return by some Christians to Roman Catholicism.

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Slavonice, South Bohemia, Czechia or Czech Republic: this sgraffito depiction of a Renaissance king and queen conversing on either side of a tree is one of two scenes, framed by columns, that are etched between windows in the ornate restored 16th century facade of the historic burgher house at Horni náměstí (Upper Square) 517. Behind the façade lies a secret Lutheran (Protestant) prayer room with vivid Apocalypse frescoes of 1568 that somehow survived the Counter Reformation and the return by some Christians to Roman Catholicism. Slavonice is a small historic town built close to the border with Austria on land that used to belong to the region of Moravia.

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Size: 4141px × 2750px
Location: Slavonice, South Bohemia, Czechia / Czech Republic
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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