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05-MAR-2017

St Nicholas Church at Malá Strana (Kostel sv. Mikuláše - Malá Strana)

The most famous Baroque church in Prague is also one of the most valuable Baroque buildings north of the Alps. The dome has an impressive diameter of 20 m, and the interior height to the top of the lantern is over 49 m, making it the highest interior in Prague. It is also an outstanding example of high Baroque decoration. Concerts are held in the church year-round on the historic organ dating to the 18th century. There used to be a Gothic parish church of St. Nicholas at Malostranské náměstí Square consecrated in 1283. This church was handed over to the Jesuits after 1620 within the framework of re-Catholicization due to Albrecht of Valdštejn, and the parish was transferred to the neighbouring St. Václav’s Church. The Jesuits established their first professional house in the parish building at Malá Strana in 1626. Over the following years, the Jesuits gradually extended their coverage at Malá Strana. Two more years later, they opened a primary school and a junior secondary school. With the support of the Kolowrat family, they planned to build a new church and to build a new professional house, and so they bought out the adjoining land plots - gardens, parishes, schools and 12 houses. The old St. Nicholas church was demolished and in 1673, the foundation stone was festively laid to the construction of the new Jesuit professional house and the new church. The neighbouring St. Václav’s church also stood in the way of the construction, and so it was also demolished and built a bit further away, in the corner of the professional house’s wing. However, the construction of the church according to the original plan of Domenico Orsi kept prolonging, and the construction therefore only began in 1703.

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Julie Oldfield29-Apr-2017 13:51
Awesome fisheye. V
Buz Kiefer24-Apr-2017 18:11
Very impressive altar and a fine photo. Vote.
Carter Creek24-Apr-2017 14:27
Very impressive capture of this beautiful church. V
Nick Paoni24-Apr-2017 14:17
So beautifully ornate.
Walter Otto Koenig24-Apr-2017 14:13
Intriguing fisheye image with so much detail. I like the way you lined this up. "V"
Jim Coffman24-Apr-2017 13:12
An amazing interior and you captured it well..
Helen Betts24-Apr-2017 12:50
Amazing how that fisheye lens gives the church an entirely new look. V.
Nora van Beek24-Apr-2017 12:11
Excellent pov and capture of this astoundingly beautiful altar! V
Juliette24-Apr-2017 08:24
wonderful V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal24-Apr-2017 06:44
Beautiful and well captured image. V
Neil Marcus24-Apr-2017 03:50
Good use of your WA lens to catch all of this.
Yvonne24-Apr-2017 03:47
It must have been so difficult for the Czechs who decided to emigrate and leave all these beautiful
places behind. Wonderful! v
Bryan Murahashi24-Apr-2017 03:42
A beautiful church altar.
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