Places of Worship in Prague

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The Church of St. Nicholas was built by the father-and-son architects Christoph and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer between 1732 and 1737, and is considered one of the best examples Czech Baroque architecture. The magnificent interior is dominated by a ceiling fresco over the nave by J. L. Kracker featuring scenes from the life of St. Nicholas, which is one of the biggest in Europe. The complexity of the arrangement of the interior, along with the interesting lighting scheme, is one of the most impressive church interiors in Prague.

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The Spanish Synagogue is known as the most beautiful synagogue in Europe, located in Prague's Jewish Quarter. It was built in 1868 on the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer ("the Old Shul"), designed in a Moorish style. The remarkable interior decor features a low stucco arabesque of stylized Islamic motifs, which are also applied to the walls, doors, and gallery balustrades.

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Josefov, the historic Jewish Quarter in Prague, is one of the most important Jewish heritage sites on Earth and a living reminder of the hardships endured by the city's Jewish population over hundreds of years. Nowadays, the area is a bustling neighborhood of trendy bars and restaurants, but the legacy of its Jewish community lives on through the many cultural landmarks it still houses, many of which are part of the Jewish Museum in Prague. The Old Jewish Cemetery is home to some 12,000 graves that hold the remains of esteemed figures and regular folk alike. Its houses of worship are world-renowned, most notably the Old New Synagogue, which is Europe's oldest serving synagogue.

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The Jewish Museum is a historic pre-war Jewish neighborhood that is both a contemporary gathering place and a living memorial to its people. It contains the best preserved complex of historical Jewish monuments in Europe, including a number of synagogues, the Jewish Ceremonial Hall and the Old Jewish Cemetery. This museum of Jewish heritage consists of six Jewish monuments clustered together in Josefov. Its collection of Judaica is one of the largest in the world - about 40,000 objects, 100,000 books, and a copious archive of Czech and Moravian Jewish community histories. This museum in Prague is one of the most visited museums in all of the Czech Republic.

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Standing out against the backdrop of the Ore Mountains, the Church of St. Bartholomew remains as striking now as it was in the 19th century. This Neo-Romanesque church was constructed in 1864 for non-Catholics based on design plans by the revered architect, F.A. Stüler. After 1945, it became the Church of Prokop Holý, which is a branch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. It is located in Teplice, on the Czech/German border.