Thursday, December 22, 2011

Church of St Nicholas (Little Quarter)

Building of this church began in 1793 and only completed in 1761, after a delay of 50 years. It is the acknowledged masterpiece of of father-and-son architects by Christof and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Prague's greatest proponents of High baroque, although neither lived to see the completion of the church.





A copper statue of St Nicholas surmounts the High Altar



One of the statues of Church Fathers



The Celebration of the Holy Trinity fills the high dome








This is the best Baroque church in Czech Republic and one of the best in central Europe.


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