Exactly 150 years ago, Prague Archbishop Bedřich Schwarzenberg laid the foundation stone for the completion of Prague’s famous St. Vitus Cathedral in neo-Gothic style.
The Cathedral of St. Vitus, Wenceslas and Vojtech at Prague Castle, a spiritual symbol of the Czech state, was founded in 1344 on the site of a Romanesque rotunda.
King John of Bohemia laid the foundation stone for the new cathedral and construction continued during the rule of his eldest son and heir to the throne Charles IV.
However, the lengthy construction process was interrupted in 1419 by the Hussite Wars and the church remained unfinished for many centuries. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that the completion of the shrine in neo-Gothic style was initiated.
The Prague Archbishop Bedřich Schwarzenberg, who laid the foundation stone for the completion of the cathedral 150 years ago today, played an important role in the process.
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Sources: Český rozhlas,100+1