The Baroque church was built in 1730-1736 by architects Kilian Ignac Dinzenhofer and Pavel Ignac Bayer. The one-nave church with a small tower was originally dedicated to St. Carlo Borromeo. The house next door was intended for elderly priests. The church stands on a slate rock, which is now a terrace that rises 3-4 meters above the street. In 1783, as a result of church reforms, the church was closed, barracks and warehouses were located in the premises and associated buildings.
In 1866 the buildings were transferred to the Czech Polytechnic. In 1935, the church was transferred to the Czech Orthodox Church and consecrated in the name of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It now functions as the cathedral of the Prague Diocese of the Czech Orthodox Church.
It was in the crypt of the cathedral in 1942 that the last tragic stage of Operation Anthropoid to destroy the German governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, unfolded.
Seven Czechoslovak saboteurs, with the help of a priest, hid from the Gestapo in the cathedral. On June 18, they were discovered and given their final battle. All seven either died in battle or committed suicide to avoid captivity. Traces of German bullets remain on the wall of the cathedral, near the narrow window to the crypt. Above it is a memorial plaque.
The memory of the patriots is preserved in different ways - across the street from the cathedral - the tavern "U parachutistov".
In 1866 the buildings were transferred to the Czech Polytechnic. In 1935, the church was transferred to the Czech Orthodox Church and consecrated in the name of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It now functions as the cathedral of the Prague Diocese of the Czech Orthodox Church.
It was in the crypt of the cathedral in 1942 that the last tragic stage of Operation Anthropoid to destroy the German governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, unfolded.
Seven Czechoslovak saboteurs, with the help of a priest, hid from the Gestapo in the cathedral. On June 18, they were discovered and given their final battle. All seven either died in battle or committed suicide to avoid captivity. Traces of German bullets remain on the wall of the cathedral, near the narrow window to the crypt. Above it is a memorial plaque.
The memory of the patriots is preserved in different ways - across the street from the cathedral - the tavern "U parachutistov".
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