Church of St. Nicholas on Old Town Square

The Church of St. Nicholas on the Old Town Square is one of the most remarkable buildings of the Baroque style in Prague. The richly decorated interior of the church contains the altar of St. Nicholas. Ceiling frescoes and religious paintings that came from the workshops of famous artists of the Baroque period.
Originally an early Gothic church, it was founded at the beginning of the 13th century by German merchants. The church served as a parish church in the Old Town until the completion of the Týn Church. From the end of the 60s of the 14th century, the reformist preacher Milíč of Kroměříž gave Latin sermons here, intended for educated Prague residents. The church was rebuilt in the early Baroque style between 1650 and 1660, demolished in 1732 and replaced by today’s building. Today’s Baroque dome building was built between 1732 and 1735 according to the project of K. I. Dienzenhofer. Since 1920 it has been used by the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.