All Saints Church (Prague Castle)

Exterior view, the right of the palace

The All Saints Chapel, Czech: Kostel vsech svatých, is part of the Prague Castle in Prague. It borders on the eastern wall of the old palace and builds on the Ladislaussaal. The Gothic choir is an important part of the panorama of the castle.

History

The All Saints stands on the site of an older chapel from the 12th century and was rebuilt in the years 1263-1264 again. In 1339, founded by Charles IV, also Margrave of Moravia, here a collegiate. The present church was built sometime 1356-1383, designed by Peter Parler as a two-story single-nave Gothic structure in the form of the Sainte -Chapelle in Paris. According to the chronicle of Václav Hájek z Libočan the building was richly decorated with sculptures, decorated with semi-precious stones and had windows with colorful stained glass. The church was heavily damaged during the devastating fire of the castle in 1541, there were almost only are the walls. Remnants of the original windows were kept in the attic. Through new construction and extensions, the church was built in the palace and in particular connected to the Ladislaussaal. The tags were in common with those of the palace in 1580, completed by Elizabeth Isabella, the daughter of Emperor Maximilian II. She is probably depicted on the altarpiece. In 1588 the remains of St. St. Prokop were reburied here from the monastery Sázava and in 1598 the access from the Ladislaussaal was created.

The single-nave church has a Gothic choir and a Renaissance nave with two side aisles. The vault is of 1580; the grave of St. Prokop, was originally located in the middle of the ship, in 1768 moved to the wall. The interior is baroque, from the years 1732 and 1750, the choir from 1732 is probably the work of Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. The Baroque organ was brought in 1969 from a church in Skapce here.