Churches in Prague
This is an overview of the existing, historically or artistically significant churches in Prague . The first part contains churches in the historic city center ( Hradschin , Lesser Town , Old Town , New Town and Vyšehrad ), while the second part contains the churches in the neighboring districts (Prague 3 to Prague 10).
Legend
- Church - name, patronage
- Denomination / use - denomination or other use. Brackets mean there are no regular church services and the building is not regularly accessible.
- Construction time - construction time and dates of a fundamental renovation (not of previous buildings).
- Architectural style - the predominant architectural style (architectural styles) of current church construction.
- Architect - a choice, sometimes just the architect of a renovation.
In the historic city center
image | church | District, street |
Denomination (use) |
construction time | Architectural style | architect | map |
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Vitus Cathedral |
Castle 3rd courtyard: |
Roman Catholic | 1344 1929 |
Gothic Neo-Gothic |
Matthias v. Arras Peter Parler Josef Mocker |
" | |
St. George Monastery | Hrad 3rd courtyard: |
Roman Catholic | after 1142 after 1670 |
Romanesque Baroque |
" | ||
Strahov Monastery Strahov |
Hradčany Strahovské nádv. |
Roman Catholic | 1142 1751 |
Romanesque Baroque |
Anselmo Lurago ? | " | |
Birth of Mr. Loreta |
Hradčany Loretánské nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1626 1737 |
Baroque | GB Orsi Ch. Dientzenhofer |
" | |
St. John of Nepomuk | Hradčany U kasáren |
Roman Catholic | 1720 | Baroque | AI Dientzenhofer | " | |
All Saints Day | Hrad 3rd courtyard |
(Roman Catholic) | 1370 1581 |
Gothic | Petr Parler | " | |
St. Benedict (barnabitky) |
Hradčany Hradčanské nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1353 after 1627 |
Baroque | " | ||
Holy cross | Hrad 2nd courtyard |
museum | 1753 | Baroque | Anselmo Lurago | " | |
St. Rochus | Hradčany Strahovské nádvoří |
(Exhibition) | 1603 | Gothic | " | ||
St. Marien (Capuchin) |
Hradčany Kapucínská |
Roman Catholic | around 1600 | " | |||
St. Nicholas |
Malá Strana Malostranské nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1673 1751 |
Baroque |
DG Orsi K. I. Dientzenhofer |
" | |
St. John the Baptist Na Prádle |
Malá Strana Říční |
hussite | around 1240 | Romanesque | " | ||
St. Joseph | Malá Strana Josefská |
Roman Catholic | 1687 | Baroque | A. Paris | " | |
St. Mary under the chain | Malá Strana Lázeňská |
Roman Catholic | 1180 1648 |
Gothic baroque |
Carlo Lurago | " | |
St. Mary and St. Caietan (Theatiner) |
Malá Strana Nerudova |
Roman Catholic | 1691 | Baroque | JB Mathey ? | " | |
St. Mary of Victory (with Infant Jesus of Prague ) |
Malá Strana Karmelitská |
Roman Catholic | 1611 1644 |
Baroque | GM Filippi | " | |
St. Thomas | Malá Strana Letenská |
Roman Catholic | 1315 1584 1727 |
Gothic baroque |
B. di Alberto KI Dientzenhofer |
" | |
St. Laurentius (on Laurenziberg) |
Malá Strana Petřín |
Altkath. | before 1271 1739 |
Romanesque Baroque |
JI Palliardi | " | |
St. Laurentius (dissolved) |
Malá Strana Hellichova |
(Concerts) | 1270 1816 |
Gothic | " | ||
Tyn Church Týnský chrám |
Staré Město Staroměstské nám. |
Roman Catholic | after 1350 | Gothic | " | ||
St. Francis and St. Salvator in the Agneskloster (dissolved) |
Staré Město Anežská |
gallery | after 1233 | Gothic | " | ||
St. Annen (dissolved) |
Staré Město Liliová |
(Culture) | around 1350 | Gothic | " | ||
St. Bartholomew | Staré Město Bartolomějská |
Roman Catholic | 1726 | Baroque | AI Dientzenhofer | " | |
Bethlehem Chapel | Staré Město Betlémské nám. |
ČVUT / TU Prague |
1950 (1391) |
New building | Jaroslav Fragner | " | |
Holy Spirit | Staré Město Dušní |
Roman Catholic | around 1350 | Gothic | " | ||
Kreuzherrenkirche St. Francis of Assisi |
Staré Město Křižovnické nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1679 (1252) |
Baroque | JB Mathey | " | |
St. Castulus | Staré Město Haštalské nám. |
Roman Catholic | around 1350 after 1690 |
Gothic baroque |
Paul Ignaz Bayer | " | |
St. Gallus (Havel) | Staré Město Havelský trh |
Roman Catholic | 1710 (around 1330) |
Baroque | Paul Ignaz Bayer? | " | |
St. Jacob | Staré Město Malá Štupartská |
Roman Catholic | 1700 | Baroque | Jan Šimon Pánek | " | |
St. Aegidi Dominicans |
Staré Město Husova |
Roman Catholic | 1310 after 1730 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
St. Clemens (uniert) |
Staré Město Karlova |
Greek Catholic | 1711 | Baroque | FM Kaňka | " | |
Holy Cross Rotunda |
Staré Město Karoliny Světlé |
CČH | around 1170 | Romanesque | " | ||
St. Martin in the Wall | Staré Město Martinská |
ČCE / Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren | from 1178 1480 1906 |
Romanesque Gothic |
Kamil Hilbert | " | |
St. Michael (dissolved) |
Staré Město Michalská |
business | after 1350 around 1750 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
St. Nicholas | Staré Město Staroměstské nám. |
CČH | 1732 | Baroque | AI Dientzenhofer | " | |
St. Salvator ( Protestant ) |
Staré Město Salvátorská |
ČCE | 1611 | Baroque | GM Filippi? | " | |
St. Salvator (Catholic) |
Staré Město Křižovnické nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1578 1650 |
Renaiss. Baroque |
Marco Fontana Carlo Lurago |
" | |
St. Simon and Jude (Brothers of Mercy) |
Staré Město U Milosrdných |
(Concerts) | 1630 | Baroque | " | ||
St. Apollinaris |
Nové Město Apolinářská |
Roman Catholic | around 1360 | Gothic | " | ||
St. Cyril and Method | Nové Město Resslova |
Orthodox | 1730 | Baroque | AI Dientzenhofer Paul Ignaz Bayer |
" | |
St. Ignaz (Jesuit) |
Nové Město Karlovo nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1665 | Baroque | Carlo Lurago | " | |
St. Johann von Nepomuk Am Felsen |
Nové Město Vyšehradská |
Roman Catholic | 1730 | Baroque | AI Dientzenhofer | " | |
St. Heinrich and Kunigunde |
Nové Město Jindřišská |
Roman Catholic | around 1370 1892 |
Gothic | " | ||
St. Joseph | Nové Město Nám. Republiky |
Roman Catholic | 1638 | Baroque | M. Sea | " | |
St. Mary of the Assumption and Charlemagne (Karlov) |
Nové Město Horská |
Roman Catholic | 1351 1575 1704 |
Gothic baroque |
B. Wolmut J. B. Santini (?) |
" | |
St. Katharina (dissolved) |
Nové Město Kateřinská |
(Concerts) | 1355 1737 |
Gothic baroque |
AI Dientzenhofer | " | |
St. Clement | Nové Město Klimentská |
ČCE | around 1400 1892 |
Gothic | J. Blecha | " | |
Holy cross | Nové Město na Příkopě |
Roman Catholic | 1819 | Empire | J. Fischer | " | |
Longine rotunda | Nové Město Štěpánská |
(Roman Catholic) | around 1130 around 1380 |
Romanesque | " | ||
St. Mary of Sorrows Kostel Panny Marie u Alžbětinek |
Nové Město na Slupi |
Roman Catholic | 1724 | Baroque | AI Dientzenhofer | " | |
St. Mary Snow | Nové Město Jungmannovo nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1347 1603 |
Gothic | " | ||
Emmaus Monastery Na Slovanech |
Nové Město Vyšehradská |
Roman Catholic | 1348 1640 1880 1964 |
Gothic | FM Černý | " | |
St. Mary on the Lawn Na Trávníčku |
Nové Město na Slupi |
Orthodox | after 1360 after 1490 |
Gothic | " | ||
St. Michael V Jirchářích |
Nové Město V Jirchářích |
Lutheran | around 1370 1511 1914 |
Gothic | " | ||
St. Peter Na Poříčí |
Nové Město Biskupská |
Roman Catholic | around 1150 1382 1874 |
Gothic | Josef Mocker | " | |
St. Stephan | Nové Město Štěpánská |
Roman Catholic | 1351 1874 |
Gothic | Josef Mocker | " | |
Holy Trinity | Nové Město Spálená |
Roman Catholic | 1708 | Baroque |
Octavio Broggio K.I. Dientzenhofer |
" | |
Holy Trinity Podskalí |
Nové Město Trojická |
Roman Catholic | before 1358 1728 |
Baroque | Paul Ignaz Bayer | " | |
St. Wenceslas on the Zderaz | Nové Město Resslova |
ČCH | around 1270 before 1380 1909 |
Gothic |
Josef Fanta Antonín Wiehl |
" | |
St. Adalbert | Nové Město Vojtěšská |
Roman Catholic | after 1250 around 1390 1671 |
Baroque | " | ||
St. Ursula | Nové Město Národní tř. |
Roman Catholic | 1699 | Baroque | Marco Antonio Canevalle | " | |
Martin's Rotunda |
Vyšehrad U rotundy |
(Roman Catholic) | around 1070 1878 |
Romanesque | " | ||
St. Peter and Paul | Vyšehrad Štulcova |
Roman Catholic | from 1364 1880 |
Gothic Neo-Gothic |
Josef Mocker | " |
Selection of objects u. Source: P. Vlček (ed.), Umělecké památky Prahy I.–IV.
In the adjacent city districts
image | church | Municipality, street |
Denomination / use |
construction time | Architectural style | architect | map |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Ludmila | 2, Vinohrady Nám. Míru |
Roman Catholic | 1888 | Neo-Gothic | Josef Mocker | " | |
St. Anne | 3, Žižkov Ostromečská |
(Roman Catholic) | 1911 | Art Nouveau | E. Sochor | " | |
Holy Mother of God | 3, Žižkov Olšany |
(Orthodox) | 1924 | V. Brandt | " | ||
Holy cross | 3, Žižkov Táboritská |
Roman Catholic | 1717 | Baroque | " | ||
St. Procopius | 3, Žižkov |
Roman Catholic | 1898 | Neo-Gothic | Josef Mocker | " | |
St. Roch at the cemetery |
3, Žižkov Olšany |
Roman Catholic | 1682 | Baroque | JB Mathey | " | |
Holy Heart of Jesus | 3, Vinohrady Nám. krále Jiřího |
Roman Catholic | 1928 | Classic | J. Plečnik | " | |
Ev. Braník Church | 4, Braník | ČCE / Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren | Functional. | " | |||
Center of St. mother Theresa |
4, Chodov U modré školy |
Roman Catholic | 2005 | Functional. | V. Rothbauerová | " | |
Parish hall of M. von Kromeriz |
4, Chodov Donovalská 51 |
ČCE | 2002 | Functional. | J. Veselý | " | |
St. Agnes | 4, Spořilov Hlavní |
Roman Catholic | 1935 | Functional. | N. Paškovský S. Režný |
" | |
St. Francis of Assisi | 4, Krč U Habrovky |
Roman Catholic | 1941 | Functional. | K. Hruška | " | |
St. Jacob d. G. | 4, Kunratice | Roman Catholic | around 1300 1730 |
Baroque | " | ||
St. Michael | 4, Podolí | Roman Catholic | 1222 |
Romanesque Gothic |
" | ||
Assumption Day | 4, Modřany K dolům |
Roman Catholic | before 1329 1754 |
Baroque | " | ||
St. Mary of Peace | 4, Lhotka | Roman Catholic | 1937 | Functional. | " | ||
St. Pancras | 4, Pankrác | Roman Catholic | Romanesque Baroque |
" | |||
St. Procopius | 4, Hrnčíře | Roman Catholic | around 1300 around 1700 |
" | |||
Hus' meeting house | 5, Smíchov U Santošky |
CČH | 1933 | Functional. | " | ||
Hus' meeting house | 5, Zbraslav | CČH | 1939 | " | |||
St. Gabriel | 5, Smíchov Holečkova |
museum | 1888 | Neo-romance | " | ||
St. Jacob d G. | 5, Zbraslav | Roman Catholic | before 1410 1650 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
St. Johannes u. Paul | 5, Krteň | Roman Catholic | around 1230 1732 1890 |
Romanesque | " | ||
St. John of Nepomuk | 5, Chuchelský háj | Roman Catholic | Baroque | " | |||
St. John of Nepomuk | 5, Košíře | Roman Catholic | 1938 | Functional. | J. Čermák | " | |
St. Michael (Carpathian) |
5, Petřín Kinského zahrada |
(Orthodox) | " | ||||
Virgin Mary's birth | 5, Malá Chuchle | Roman Catholic | Baroque | " | |||
St. Peter u. Paul | 5, Radotín | Roman Catholic | before 1350 1726 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
Community center St. Procopius |
5, Jinonice Sluneční nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1999 | Functional. | Z. Jiran | " | |
Holy Trinity | 5, Košíře | Roman Catholic | 1831 | Classic | " | ||
St. Wenceslas | 5, Smíchov Štefánikova |
Roman Catholic | 1881 | Neorenaiss. | V. Barvitius | " | |
St. Laurence | 5, Butovice | Roman Catholic | before 1100 around 1790 |
Romanesque Baroque |
" | ||
All Saints Day | 5, Slivenec | Roman Catholic | around 1280 1693 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
Evang. Střešovice commune |
6, Střešovice Před Bateriemi |
ČCE | 1939 | Functional. | B. Kozák | " | |
St. Fabian and Sebastian | 6, Liboc | Roman Catholic | 1842 | Classic | K. Brusta | " | |
St. Gotthard | 6, Bubeneč Krupkovo nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1801 | Classic | M. Šmaha | " | |
St. Martin | 6, Řepy K mostku |
Roman Catholic | around 1150 1225 around 1770 |
Romanesque Baroque |
" | ||
Maria vom Siege Weißer Berg |
6, Bílá hora | Roman Catholic | 1622 | Baroque | " | ||
St. Mary Magdalene | 6, Přední Kopanina | Roman Catholic | Romanesque | " | |||
Břevnov St. Margaret Monastery |
6, Břevnov Markétská 1 |
Roman Catholic | Baroque | KIDientzenhofer | " | ||
St. Matthias | 6, Dejvice | Roman Catholic | 1770 | Baroque | " | ||
St. Adalbert | 6, Dejvice Kolejní |
Roman Catholic | 1925 | F. Havel | " | ||
St. Anthony | 7, Holešovice Strossmayerovo nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1908 | Neo-Gothic | F. Mikš | " | |
St. Clement | 7, Holešovice Kostelní |
Roman Catholic | before 1230 1659 |
" | |||
St. Cyril and Method | 8, Karlín Karlínské nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1854 | Neo-romance | Carl Roesner , Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann | " | |
St. John the Baptist | 8, Dolní Chabry | Roman Catholic | around 1170 | Romanesque | " | ||
St. Peter and Paul | 8, Bohnice | Roman Catholic | 1158 1805 |
Romanesque Baroque |
" | ||
St. Theresa (Salesians) |
8, Kobylisy Kobyliské nám. |
Roman Catholic | 1936 | Functional. | " | ||
St. Wenceslas | 8, Bohnice | (Hospital) | 1905 | Art Nouveau | V. Roštlapil | " | |
St. Adalbert | 8, Libeň | Roman Catholic | 1904 | Art Nouveau | E. Králíček | " | |
St. Elisabeth | 9, Kbely Železnobrodská |
Roman Catholic | Functional. | J. Korenčík | " | ||
St. Bartholomew | 9, Kyje | Roman Catholic | around 1230 | Romanesque | " | ||
St. George | 9, Hloubětín | Roman Catholic | around 1257 1695 |
Baroque | " | ||
Holy cross | 9, Vinoř | Roman Catholic | 1727 | Baroque | FM Kaňka | " | |
St. Mary | 9, Třeboradice | Roman Catholic | around 1330 around 1760 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
Assumption Day | 9, Dolní Počernice | Roman Catholic | around 1200 1887 |
Romanesque Baroque |
" | ||
St. Remigius | 9, Čakovice | Roman Catholic | 1735 1895 |
Neo-romance | " | ||
St. Wenceslas | 9, Prosek U prosec. kostela |
Roman Catholic | around 1100 around 1470 |
Romanesque | " | ||
Hus' meeting house | 10, Vinohrady Dykova |
CČH | 1930 | Functional. | P. Janák | " | |
Hus' meeting house | 10, Vršovice Moskevská |
CČH. | 1930 | Functional. | K. Truksa P. Janák |
" | |
St. Jacob | 10, Petrovice | Roman Catholic | around 1270 1910 |
Gothic | " | ||
St. John the Baptist | 10, Hostivař Selská |
Roman Catholic | around 1250 | Gothic baroque |
" | ||
St. Margaret | 10, Královice | Roman Catholic | around 1300 1739 |
Gothic baroque |
T. Budil | " | |
St. Nicolaus | 10, Vršovice |
Roman Catholic | 1374 1668 |
" | |||
Virgin Mary's birth | 10, Záběhlice U splavu |
Roman Catholic | around 1125 | Romanesque | " | ||
St. Andrew | 10, Kolovraty Mírová |
Roman Catholic | around 1350 1767 |
Gothic baroque |
" | ||
Immaculate conception | 10, Strašnice Ke strašnické |
Roman Catholic | 1992 | " | |||
St. Wenceslas | 10, Vršovice Čechovo nám |
Roman Catholic | 1929 | Functional. | J. Gočár | " | |
All Saints Day | 10, Uhříněves | Roman Catholic | 1740 | JJ Halířek | " |
literature
- E. Poche (Ed.): Umělecké památky Čech 1. – 4. Prague 1977n.
- P. Vlček (ed.): Umělecké památky Prahy I./IV. Prague 1999n.
Web links
Commons : Churches in Prague - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Vlček a kol., Umělecké památky Prahy I.–IV.