Portal of Strahov Monastery - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.201 E 014° 23.243
33U E 456174 N 5548447
Portal of Strahov Monastery
Waymark Code: WMV1JH
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/08/2017
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The Strahov Monastery (Strahovsky Klaster) 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 Monastery 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.
Physical Address: Pohorelec Prague, Czech Republic
Description of Postcard Location: Strahov Monastery
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