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10 JUNE, 2013
Unique exhibit at an exhibition “Czech garnet”

“Miraculous Virgin Mary”`We continue to acquaint readers with exhibits at an exhibition “Czech garnet” and materials on stories of this unique stone. At an exhibition it is shown “Miraculous Virgin Mary” of Zbraslav set with Czech garnets and crystals.


This famous icon was created before 1350 for the pilgrimage church at the necropolis of Czech kings from the Přemyslid  dynasty in Zbraslav near Prague. Reconstruction of the decoration by Czech garnets and crystals, as it was carried out by the family of the jeweller Dionysio Miseroni in 1660. In the nineteenth century the gems were replaced by glass and then in 1938 removed by a restorer.