Capuchin Convent / Klášter kapucínu - Hradcany (Prague) - Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries on Waymarking.com

Austere Baroque complex of Capuchin Convent (Klášter kapucínu) with church of Church of the Virgin Mary Angelic is located in Loretanské namesti (Loreto Square) in Prague' district Hradcany, not far from the Prague Castle.

The first convent of Capuchin Order in Bohemia was built in 1600-1602 on plots of land donated by the nobility as part of the religious conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants. Capuchins, fiery preachers with a very modest way of life, were a powerful weapon of the Catholic side during the recatolization period. Quite extensive site is formed by a simple single-nave church of Our Lady, storeyed convent buildings surrounding three courtyards and a convent garden. According to Order regulations, the Capuchins monks built the austere and undecorative convent buildings themselves. The site was expanded in 1663-1668 by an Baroque farm buildings and between 1830´s and 1850´s a new convent wing was built in the high-Baroque style. Most rooms preserved their original joisted ceilings. The monastery is connected to the Loretto through a roofed suspension corridor on pillars.