Prague Castle is known to the world for its many cultural monuments. A special place among them is occupied by the Basilica of St. George. It is the oldest Romanesque church in the country and despite its very venerable age, it looks magnificent. The attractive red facade of the church dates back to the 17th century, but the two Romanesque towers, which were built in the 12th century, have remained untouched and are still painted white. The unique structure delights with its splendor.
St. George’s Church was one of the first temples built in 920 at Prague Castle. It is the tomb of many princes of Bohemia, and Princess Ludmila, the Czech martyr saint, also found rest here.
Basilica is the main temple of the first nunnery, which was founded in 973 with the blessing of the Pope, Boleslav II and consecrated in the name of St. George. The novices were girls of very noble families, who received the best education in Bohemia here. The abbesses of the monastery were not inferior to them in nobility, many of them participated in the coronation of kings.
In 1972 the monastery was closed. There are barracks on its territory. Now the collections of the National Gallery are exhibited in the ancient walls: paintings and sculptures from the Baroque and Mannerist periods. St. George’s Basilica often becomes a concert hall: the vaults of the church give a stunning acoustic effect and an indescribable sensation.
In the castle, under the southern terrace, there is the Baroque St. George’s Museum, with more than 4,000 exhibits that were collected by the duke from all over the world. Here you can see paintings, sculptures, woodcarvings and other types of decorative and applied art from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
There are more than four thousand interesting exhibits collected from around the world: rare paintings by great artists, amazing sculptures, objects decorated with filigree woodcarving and other objects of decorative and applied art from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.