St. Martin's Church in the Wall is a Gothic church built between 1178 and 1187. The church with its south wall adjoined the fortification wall, hence the name "in the wall". Of Romanesque origin, the construction of the Gothic building took place after 1350, under the reign of Charles IV. The church is currently used by the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren.
The Church of Our Lady of the Snows was founded in 1347 by Emperor Charles IV as part of a monastery and as a future coronation temple. In the 15th century, the construction was interrupted by the Hussite wars. The church was only completed in 1625.
The Bethlehem Chapel was built between 1391 and 1394 and was intended for preaching in the Czech language. The Bethlehem Chapel is mainly associated with the work of Jan Hus (1370-1415), who became its administrator on 14th March 1402. After changing its use many times, it fell into ruin and was therefore largely demolished in 1786. It was rebuilt in the first half of the 1950s as a memorial to the Hussite movement.
Saint Giles is a 14th-century church that is part of a Dominican convent in the old city of Prague. Located on the site of an old 13th-century Romanesque church, the current church is a Gothic reconstruction. The building was handed over to the Dominicans by King Ferdinand II in 1625. The 17th-century Baroque interior is now the site of classical concerts.
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