{"id":51197,"date":"2023-04-14T23:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=51197"},"modified":"2023-04-16T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T21:58:01","slug":"the-church-of-saint-george-in-lukova-an-abandoned-temple-with-atypical-inhabitants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/14\/the-church-of-saint-george-in-lukova-an-abandoned-temple-with-atypical-inhabitants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church of Saint George in Lukov\u00e1: an abandoned temple with atypical inhabitants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lukov\u00e1 is a town in the Pilsen-North district, in western Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. Currently it only has seven inhabitants.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/24\/nukas-sakdari-a-christian-monastery-erected-in-a-hidden-and-almost-impossible-place\/\">Nukas Sakdari: a Christian monastery erected in a hidden and almost impossible place<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/12\/11\/the-largest-ossuary-in-spain-visiting-the-funeral-chamber-of-the-church-of-saint-mary-of-wamba\/\">The largest ossuary in Spain: visiting the funeral chamber of the Church of Saint Mary of Wamba<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The main building of this town of medieval origin is the old Church of San Jorge. <strong>Built in the 14th century, it suffered a serious fire in 1796<\/strong>, which destroyed most of the temple. After reconstruction in 1800, misfortune struck this temple (initially Catholic, then Ultraquist, and finally Lutheran) again during the First World War, when <strong>three of its bells were requisitioned<\/strong> to melt down the metal.<\/p>\n<p>Another event ended up condemning this old parish, when <strong>the roof of the church collapsed in 1968<\/strong>. Since then, religious acts have ceased to be held in this church and it has been abandoned, a circumstance that <strong>the Czechoslovak communist dictatorship took advantage of to plunder the temple.<\/strong> The only thing that remained in the building were the benches.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of neglect, in 2012 the sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/lukova-kostel.cz\/vystava\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jakub Hadrava chose this abandoned church for an installation artwork<\/a> titled \"My Mind\". The installation is made up of <strong>32 ghost sculptures<\/strong>, which have served to once again draw attention to this temple. However, the neglect continues and so are the sculptures, as can be seen in this video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@chrisluckhardt\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Luckhardt<\/a>, published in October 2020:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ghost Church of Lukova\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-kHGWo0y2gg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see here some captures of the video. In this we see <strong>the poor state of the church's roof<\/strong>, which if not repaired will end up collapsing again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52817063412_a2a47e8220_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here are some images of <strong>the ghost sculptures<\/strong>. They are sitting on the benches as if they were attending a mass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52818073148_ab75c5aba6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52818033585_503ef47851_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52818073188_98f26f802b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lukov\u00e1 is a town in the Pilsen-North district, in western Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. 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