CoA of Strahov Premonstratensian Abbey / Znak Premonstrátského opatství na Strahove (Prague)
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Depicted coat of arms of Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov (Královská kanonie premonstrátu na Strahove) You can find together with Marian crest above the main entrance gate into Baroque abbey' complex courtyard.
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/08/2014
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Depicted coat of arms of Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov (Královská kanonie premonstrátu na Strahove) You can find together with Marian crest above the main entrance gate into Baroque abbey' complex courtyard.
Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Bishop Jindrich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Duke Vladislav II. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic.
The Strahov Abbey started its long itinerary through history with establishment of the Premonstratensians, a religious order of canons founded in 1120 by St. Norbert as an independent part of the Catholic church. By the year 1182 a Romanesque stone monastery was built on the place of an older foundation of Prince Vladislav II (from 1140). It’s peace was disturbed by a fire in 1258, when the church was destructed almost totally. A reconstruction in the Gothic style followed, but that was not to last either, as Baroque retouches were added during the beginning of the 18th century. In the meanwhile the abbey was plundered first by the Hussites and during the Thirty Years’ War by a regiment of the Swedish army. The last but not least hit that the abbey had to take was the bombardment of the church’s premises by the French, in 1742. After the Communist regime ended, the abbey was returned to the Premonstratensians in 1989. The Strahov Abbey it is not only an active place of pilgrimage but also a valuable museum and a famous library, still holding an unbelievable number of rare volumes.