Church of St. Jiljí
A symbiosis of Gothic and Baroque exterior
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In the beginning of the 14th century, in place of an older church, Prague Bishop Jan the Fourth of Dražice had a triple-nave hall church built with two western towers. In its times, the church of St.Jiljí was one of the most monumental sacral place of the Old Town. In 1625, Emperor Ferdinand the Second donated the church to the Order of Dominican Friars, who built a monastery in its vicinity which
became a centre of philosophical and theological studies. Since the beginning of the 18th century, different modifications were done to the interior. The church ceiling is dominated by a fresco by Václav Vavřinec Reiner depicting the Victory of Dominican Friars over Heresy. Václav Vavřinec Reiner, one of the most important Baroque painters in Bohemia, is buried in the walls of the church.
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