5/5 Vladimir P. 3 years ago on Google • 7570 reviews
The
namesake
of
the
famous
chapel
in
the
Old
Town
is
so
perfectly
hidden
in
the
courtyard
of
the
apartment
buildings
on
Prokopova
Street
that
even
some
locals
don't
know
about
it.
I
didn't
expect
to
get
to
it
-
in
the
case
of
the
Vysočany
or
Skranáky
church,
the
entrance
door
to
the
fronted
house
was
locked.
In
this
case,
however,
the
passage
was
wide
open,
so
I
was
able
to
see
the
chapel
up
close,
though
unfortunately
only
from
the
outside.
In
1912,
the
company
Matěj
Blechy
was
entrusted
with
the
construction
of
the
chapel.
The
author
of
the
project
is
probably
the
architect
Emil
Králíček,
who
at
that
time
worked
in
Blech's
design
studio.
Approval
for
the
building
was
issued
on
June
21,
1913.
The
ceremonial
opening
took
place
on
June
29,
1914.
The
building
combines
elements
of
Cubism
and
late
Art
Nouveau
and
is
exceptional
in
that
it
(as
the
only
one
in
Prague)
has
preserved
the
original
Cubist
interior.
The
namesake
of
the
famous
chapel
in
the
Old
Town
is
so
perfectly
hidden
in
the
courtyard
of
the
apartment
buildings
on
Prokopova
Street
that
even
some
locals
do
not
know
about
it.
I
didn't
expect
to
get
to
it
-
in
the
case
of
the
Vysočany
or
Strašnice
church,
the
front
door
to
the
overhanging
apartment
building
was
locked.
In
this
case,
however,
the
passage
was
wide
open,
so
I
could
see
the
chapel
up
close,
although
unfortunately
only
from
the
outside.
Matěj
Blecha's
company
was
commissioned
to
build
the
chapel
in
1912.
The
author
of
the
project
is
probably
the
architect
Emil
Králíček,
who
at
that
time
worked
in
Blech's
design
studio.
The
building
approval
was
issued
on
June
21,
1913.
The
grand
opening
took
place
on
June
29,
1914.
The
building
combines
elements
of
Cubism
and
late
Art
Nouveau
and
is
exceptional
in
that
(as
the
only
one
in
Prague)
the
original
Cubist
interior
has
been
preserved
here.