Cathedral Church of Saint Vitus
Founded on 21 November 1344, Saint Vitus’s Cathedral in Prague Castle is the work of generations of master builders. The east end (to the right of this picture) was built by the French architect Matthew...
Tagged: Peter Parler
Peter Parler (1330 – 1399) was appointed by Charles IV to oversee a number of key architectural projects, including the construction of the New Town, founded in 1348. This master mason’s astonishing legacy survives today in the form of St Vitus’s Cathedral, the Týn Church, and, of course, Charles Bridge
Karlův Most: Charles Bridge
In 1170, King Vladislav II of Bohemia commissioned a stone bridge connecting the Old Town and Malá Strana. Built just downstream of the present structure, the surviving buttress of the former bridge can still be...
Church of Our Lady before Týn
Close to the mediaeval merchants’ courtyard known as the ‘Týn’ (the word comes from the same root as the English word ‘town’), the gothic masterpiece of the Church of Our Lady dominates the Eastern side...
Cathedral of Saint Vitus: South Tower and Golden Gate
The south range of the Cathedral of Saint Vitus in Prague Castle is dominated by the so-called Golden Gate (Zlatá Brána). This ceremonial facade, commissioned by Charles IV in 1370, is covered in a priceless...
