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BETLEMSKA KAPLE — Pulpit of Master Jan Hus

Reconstructed universitarian chapel, established in 1391, is a place important not only for our history. Master Jan Hus, whose burning to death in July 6th 1415 is the pivotal moment in the czech history, became the preacher here in 1402. Even Martin Luther King named…

KLASTER A KOSTEL SV. TOMASE — Former Church and Monastery of Augustinians

King Václav II. Established this monastery with church in 1285, it was finished in 1379. Gothic building of the monastery were distinguishly rebuilt in 1604-34, they gained the present appearance in the second half of the 17th century, but the present appearance of the…

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH IN THE KINSKY GARDEN - CALLED "CARPATHIAN" [Kostel sv. Michala v Kinského zahredě- zvaný Karpatský] — Protestant Wooden Church

The St. Michal Church, also called "Carpathian", was constructed in Medvědovci u Mukačeva in the second half of the 17th century and it was transported here in 1929 to become a part of the Ethnographical museum's collections. It has three towers with…

THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF VICTORY [Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné] — Baroque Church

This Baroque church was constructed by German Lutherans in 1611-13 according to Filippi. Whitefriars rebuilt it after 1624 and erected their own monatsery next to it. Church's orientation was changed during the construction. Tower built in 1669.

THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY UNDER THE CHAIN [Kostel Panny Marie pod řetězem] — Former Romanic Church

This church was built in 1169-82 as a part of a fortified Johanite Monastery, established by King Vratislav II. Gothic rebuilt in the middle of the 14th century, the present appearance comes from the Baroque rebuilding in 1640-60 by C. Lurag.

THE CHURCH OF ST. GILES [Kostel Sv. Jiljí] — Former Gothic Church

Former Romanic church with a canonry, mentioned already in 1238. Bishop Jan from Dražice and archbishop Arnošt from Pardubice established todays Gothic church with two towers on West in 1310-71. Its exteriors still keep their Gothic manner (angle windows, back shores,…

The Church of St. Nicholas [Kostel Sv. Mikuláše] — Baroque Church

This church belongs to the oldest ones in the Old Town, sources first mention it along a flood in 1273. Year 1635 was in the name of changes - the church went under the possession of the Benedicts Order from the Emmaus Monastery who decided to build a new monastery…

TYNSKÝ CHRAM (KOSTEL P. MARIE PRED TYNEM) — Gothic Cathedral

There used to be a Romanic church, mentioned already in 1135, but an Early-Gothic three-body church was built here in the second half of the 13th century, which had to be, again, taken down to allow a new cathedral to be erected. The Týn Cathedral's construction began…

VEZ CHRAMU SV. MIKULASE — Baroque Cathedral

Supreme-Baroque cathedral erected in 1704-56 by Jessuites, on the place of the former St. Nicholas Gothic Church. The construction was realized by father and then son Dietzenhofer and A. Lurago. This building is considered one of the most precious ones North of the…

VYSEHRAD - KAPITULNI CHRAM SV. PETRA A PAVLA — Church Rebuilt in New-Gothic Style

The former Romanic basilica was built by King Vratislav II. By the end of the 11th century, it suffered a fire in 1249 and was then renovated in the Gothic style. New Gothic cathedral built during Charles IV.'s reign, Renaissance and Baroque rebuilt later. The present…

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