The interesting Tower of the Congregational Hussite Church on Dykova Ulice at the end of Moravské Ulice in Vinohrady, not far from the Water Tower I pictured earlier this month.
The designer proved to be an avant-garde architect named Ing. Pavel Janák who was famous for designing excellent modern constructivist architecture.
The symbolic foundation stone was laid on 26th October 1930, but the actual construction work started as late as 1st July 1932. The building opened in October 1933.
The tower itself is a significant feature of the building. It is tetrahedral and constructed of an iron-concrete frame. Above the walled ground floor there are six other floors within the tower, each with corner pillars. A winding iron stairway leads half way up the tower followed by fixed iron ladders. The height of the tower is 34.5m plus 2.35 m for the immense goblet at the top.
The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus (1369–1415), who was one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation. This predominantly religious movement was propelled by social issues and strengthened Czech national awareness.
After the Council of Constance lured Jan Hus in with a letter of indemnity and then put him to death on 6 July 1415 the Hussites fought a series of wars (1420–1434) for their religious and political causes and freedom.
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