Praha / Prague - Kostel Sv. Petra na Porící (Prague)
N 50° 05.473 E 014° 26.042
33U E 459515 N 5548926
The depicted stone CoA of Prague decorates front Romanesque-Gothic Church of St. Peter at Porící (Kostel Sv. Petra na Porící) in Prague New Town. The coat of arms is probably from the aesthetic reasons faced reversely.
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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The depicted stone CoA of Prague decorates front Romanesque-Gothic Church of St. Peter at Porící (Kostel Sv. Petra na Porící) in Prague New Town. The coat of arms is probably from the aesthetic reasons faced reversely.
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. It is the 14th largest city in the European Union. It is also the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.26 million people, while its larger urban zone is estimated to have a population of nearly 2 million.The city has a temperate climate, with warm summers and chilly winters. Prague has been a political, cultural, and economic centre of central Europe with waxing and waning fortunes during its history. Founded during the Romanesque and flourishing by the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque eras, Prague was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the main residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably of Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg Monarchy and its Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and Protestant Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia, during both World Wars and the post-war Communist era. [Wikipedia]
Church of St. Peter at Porící, the Gothic triple-aisle structure, has had a complicated history. A smaller Romanesque basilica, which had existed since before 1178, was gradually replaced by this church during the 14th and 15th centuries. The church was renovated in a Baroque style at the end of 17th century. Puristic re-Gotisation, when all Baroque elements of the church were removed, was done by Architect Josef Mocker in 1874-1879 and in 1913-1914. The stone portal with relief and coat of arms of Kingdom of Bohemia nad Prague is also result of this puristic reconstruction.