The Church of Saint Nicholas ( cs, Kostel svatého Mikuláše) is a Late-

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

and

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

church in the

Old Town In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. It was built between 1732-1737 on the site of a

church from the 13th century which was also dedicated to

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

. The church was formerly used by the

Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia ( cs, Pravoslavná církev v Českých zemích a na Slovensku; sk, Pravoslávna cirkev v českých krajinách a na Slovensku) is a self-governing body of the Eastern Orthodox Church that territ ...

. Since 1920 it has been the main church of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and its Prague diocese. During the

Prague uprising The Prague uprising ( cs, Pražské povstání) was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance movement to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation in May 1945, during the end of World War II. The preceding six years of o ...

in 1945, the church was used by the Czech partisans as a concealed site for

Radio Prague Radio Prague International ( cs, Český rozhlas 7 – Radio Praha) is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic. Broadcasting first began on August 31, 1936 near the spa town of Poděbrady. Radio Prague broadcasts in ...

, as the main radio building was under attack by the Waffen-SS.

Gallery

Iglesia de San Nicolás de la Ciudad Vieja, Praga, República Checa, 2022-07-02, DD 262-264 HDR.jpg, Night view Iglesia de San Nicolás de la Ciudad Vieja, Praga, República Checa, 2022-07-02, DD 22.jpg, Front entrance Iglesia de San Nicolás de la Ciudad Vieja, Praga, República Checa, 2022-07-02, DD 23-25 HDR.jpg, The interior of the church

References

External links

Prague Experience: St. Nicholas Church Old Town Square in Prague
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Nicholas Church (Stare Mesto) Nicholas Church, Saint Baroque church buildings in the Czech Republic Gothic architecture in the Czech Republic Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer buildings National Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic Church buildings with domes Churches completed in 1737 Old Town (Prague) Czechoslovak Hussite Church 18th-century churches in the Czech Republic