Church of the Holy Trinity

Czech republic, Prague

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Church of the Holy Trinity

Czech republic, Prague

A small functioning temple in the Baroque style, located in the central part of the Czech capital. The religious building was built at the beginning of the 18th century for the monks of the Order of the Holy Trinity. The building is crowned with a dome with a turret, and figures of saints rise along the edges of the facade. To the right of the main entrance is a statue of St. John of Nepomuk in a modern Cubist arch, and to the left is a statue of St. Jude Tadea. The Church of the Holy Trinity is famous for its frescoes on the walls. In 1979, during the construction of a metro line, the temple was closed, as there was a fear that the building could collapse. After the collapse of the roof in the early 1990s, the authorities considered demolishing the building. However, in the end, this idea was abandoned, and the reconstruction of the building began. The work was finally completed in 2004, and the church was opened to the public.

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olanko1

Traveled 6 years ago

Rating 8

Church of the Holy Trinity

The church was built simultaneously with the monastery for Catholic monks (Trinitarians) "Order of the Holy Trinity". After arriving in Prague in 1705, the Trinitarians applied for their own convention. Having received the imperial approval, the monks in 1708 bought 4 houses in Prague on the territory of the Jewish cemetery, closed in 1478. At this place they decided to build a temple. Octavio Broggi was chosen as the architect, and Christoph Dintzenhofer and Jan Jiri Eichbauer were chosen as the main builders.→

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