Kaple Kalvárie / The Calvary Chapel - Petrín (Prague)
N 50° 04.991 E 014° 23.785
33U E 456818 N 5548053
Depicted small Baroque Calvary Chapel (kaple Kalvárie), located in vicinity of St. Lawrence Church at Petrín Hill, is interesting piece of sacral architecture built in 1737.
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/08/2015
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Depicted small Baroque Calvary Chapel (kaple Kalvárie), located in vicinity of St. Lawrence Church at Petrín Hill, is interesting piece of sacral architecture built in 1737.
The Chapel, situated on the eastern side of the St. Lawrence church, is austere single nave late-Baroque structure with small turret. Chapel' front facade is decorated by a gorgeous Ressurection sgraffito, created by painter Jaroslav Riedl in 1936, according to the design of a famous Czech Art-Nouveau painter Mikoláš Aleš.