Prague Sights

Church of St Giles

#123 of 598 things to do in Prague

#4840 of 49063 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • cnr Zlatá & Husova
  • Transport
    • 6, 9, 18, 21, 22, 23

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With stocky Romanesque columns, tall Gothic windows, and an exuberant baroque interior, the Church of St Giles – founded in 1371 – is a good place to ponder the architectural development of Prague’s religious buildings. The proto-Hussite reformer Jan Milíč of Kroměříž preached here before the Bethlehem Chapel was built. The Dominicans gained possession during the Counter-Reformation, built a cloister next door and ‘baroquefied’ it in the 1730s. Václav Reiner, the Czech painter who created the ceiling frescoes, is buried here.

 

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