Lesser Town Square - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.308 E 014° 24.291
33U E 457426 N 5548635
Lesser Town Square - Prague
Waymark Code: WMTPF6
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/23/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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The oldest preserved photographs of historic Prague come from the early 1850s. The most significant photographers of Prague in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century were Andreas Groll, Vilém Rupp, František Fridrich, Jindrich Eckert, Karel Bellmann, Jan Maloch, Jan Mulac, Rudolf Bruner-Dvorák, and others. Painters also existed who specialised in Prague themes; Václav Jansa (1859- 1913) and Jan Minarík (1862-1937).

This card shows a east part of Lesser Town of Prague and portal of Church of St. Thomas.

Lesser Town church of St. Thomas in Letenska Street was built in the gothic style on the foundation of an older, probably Romanesque church. Its presbytery was consecrated in 1315 and then the entire church in 1379. When the Hussite riots destroyed the church, it was rebuilt in 1584-1592 by Augustinian solitaires with the participation of Bernard di Alberto. This reconstruction in renaissance style was due to its seriousness and was completed at the beginning of the 17th century. The recent baroque style of this church originated with another reconstruction in 1727-1731, and was designed by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. The church is an integral part of the Augustinian convent (house number 28).
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