Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Karlín)

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Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Kostel svatého Cyrila a Metoděje

Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Religion
Affiliation| Roman Catholic
District| Archdiocese of Prague
Ecclesiastical or organizational status| Active
Year consecrated| 1863
Location
Location| Karlín, Prague, Czech Republic
Geographic coordinates| 50°5′29.203″N 14°26′52.827″E﻿ / ﻿50.09144528°N 14.44800750°E﻿ / 50.09144528; 14.44800750
Architecture
Architect(s)| Carl Roesner, Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann
Type| Church
Style| Neo-Romanesque
Completed| 1863
Specifications
Length| 75 m
Width| 31 m
Height (max)| 27.5 m (90 ft)
Materials| Bricks

Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Czech: Kostel svatého Cyrila a Metoděje) is a Roman Catholic church in the Karlín district of Prague, Czech Republic. It belongs to the largest religious buildings in the Czech Republic. It was constructed in the mid-19th century and it remains one of the most important architectural landmarks from the period of historicism in the country.

west facade

The church was built in 1854–1863 to plans by architects Carl Roesner and Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann. Several Czech and Austrian artists contributed to the decoration of the church, led by František Sequens and Josef Matyáš Trenkwald. The Church was consecrated on 18 October 1863, on the millennium anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to the Bohemian lands.

The church has been constructed in the late Neo-Romanesque style as a basilica with highly elevated main nave and two towers. The ground plan contents an entrance hall, three naves and a presbytery with a semicircular apse between two chapels under the towers. The last decoration of baptismal chapel was finished in 1905 in an art nouveau style.

## General references

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* Kulhánek, Ludvík (1906). Chrám sv. Cyrila a Methoděje v Karlíně. Praha: Storch. Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
* Karlín. Chrám sv. Cyrila a Metoděje v Praze-Karlíně. Photos by Martin Frouz. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2007. 216 s. ISBN 978-80-7195-172-8. (the book was awarded the prize for the best Czech book illustrations of the year).
* Official website of Prague 8 (in Czech)

## External links

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* Official website of the parish (in Czech)

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