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| St. Vitus’s Cathedral is the biggest and the main church in Prague. Except providing divine services St. Vitus’s Cathedral was a place of the coronation ceremonies of Czech kings and queens. The first stone was laid in the year 1344 in the reign of Charles IV (favorite Czech King and famous Roman Emperor - Charles Bridge, Castle Karlstejn) and construction was not completed until the 20th century. Chapel of St.Wenceslas (popular Czech saint) is a very important place in the cathedral. You can see also beautiful entrance to the Crown Chamber with Bohemian crown jewels. Visitors can enter St. Vitus’s Cathedral in the western façade through the portal, between the Second and Third Courtyards of Prague Castle opposite the passage-way. Visitors will see above the south entrance to the cathedral (through the Golden Portal) the Last Judgment mosaic. Inside the cathedral in the square Chapel of St. Wenceslas (Svatováclavská kaple) there is a 14th century tomb with the saint’s holy relics. St. Wenceslas was the “good king” of Christmas carol fame in that time and prince of Bohemia. The Royal Crypt is very interesting for the visual history of the cathedral as it contains remains of various royals. The Wallenstein Chapel (Valdstejnská kaple) contains the tombstones of famous Mathias d’Arras and Peter Parler – two great architects, who died in the 14th century. | |
| Location: Chr�m svat�ho V�ta | State/Province: Hlavn� Mesto Praha | Country: Czech Republic | See map | |
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