Križovníci s cervenou hvezdou / Knights of the Cross with the Red Star - Fara u Sv. Petra (Prague)
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The stone CoA of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (Križovníci s cervenou hvezdou) you can find beside the entrance of the neo-Renaissance Presbytery at the St. Peter (Fara u Sv. Petra) in Prague New Town.
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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The stone CoA of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (Križovníci s cervenou hvezdou) you can find beside the entrance of the neo-Renaissance Presbytery at the St. Peter (Fara u Sv. Petra) in Prague New Town.
The Knights of the Cross with the Red Star or Military Order of the Crusaders of the Red Star (Czech: Križovnický rád rytíru s cervenou hvezdou; Latin: Ordo Militaris Crucigerorum cum Rubea Stella) is a religious order originating from Bohemia, devoted mainly to offering medical care. Throughout its history it was accustomed to the use of arms, a custom which was confirmed in 1292 by an ambassador of Pope Nicholas IV. The grand master is still invested with a sword at his induction into office, and the congregation has been recognized as a military order by Popes Clement X and Innocent XII, as well as by several Holy Roman Emperors.
Fara u Sv. Petra, the higly-decorative building built for Roman Catholic Parish office at St. Peter at Porici in 1894, belongs among precious examples of the Czech neo-Renaissance architecture of 2nd half of the XIXth century.