Prague cathedral treasure

Part of the cathedral treasure is accessible in the Holy Cross Chapel in Prague Castle

Head reliquary of Saint Adalbert of Prague , around 1500

The Prague Cathedral Treasure or the Treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral is the most important collection of church works of art in the Czech Republic and is one of the largest and most valuable cathedral treasures in Europe.

It has been kept by the Prague Cathedral Chapter since the creation of the Prague Diocese in 973 . The church treasury contains more than 400 objects (relics, reliquaries , liturgical vestments and implements ...), 139 of which are exhibited today in the Holy Cross Chapel in Prague Castle .

One of the oldest items in the Prague Cathedral Treasury is a relic of the arm of St. Vitus , which King Henry I gave to Prince Wenceslaus of Bohemia in 929. The Prague Cathedral Treasury also houses the golden reliquary cross that Charles IV had made, the Wenceslas helmet and the sword of St. Wenceslas , which was used in St. Vitus Cathedral during the Bohemian coronations .

Web links

Commons : Prague Cathedral Treasure  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Cathedral Treasury
• Cathedral Treasure is exhibited at Prague Castle Report by Radio Praha on December 20, 2011