Belfry at St. Vojtech (Adalbert) in Prague / Zvonice u Sv. Vojtecha v Praze
N 50° 04.716 E 014° 24.932
33U E 458181 N 5547533
The St. Vojtech belfry together with the rectory building and nearby church of St. Vojtech make an interesting complex of historical properties. The surrounding housing left sufficient area around the buildings.
Waymark Code: WM68D0
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/22/2009
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The St. Vojtech belfry together with the rectory building and nearby church of St. Vojtech make an interesting complex of historical properties. The surrounding housing left sufficient area around the buildings. The memory of the Vojtešská district, which was part of Prague New Town, remained this way with dignity.
The double-floor belfry at St. Vojtech (Adalbert), of 34 m, is located on the site of a former cemetery, which surrounded the belfry and church. The cemetery was discontinued on 1st June 1786 because of a regulation that prohibited burials beside Prague parish churches. The cemetery wall was demolished as late as 1877 and then the site was planted with trees. The belfry building was completed in 1539 as the memorial tablet mentions. Since then it has been reconstructed several times as the larger baroque windows on the second floor demonstrates. The new roof – octahedral bulbous dome with lantern, finial and cross on its top - was installed in 1709.
The belfry has two bells – Vojtech from 1540 and Ludmila from 1545. In the lantern there is one more bell from 1611 and two cimbalos, both were made by Antonín Schönfeldt in the Old Town of Prague in 1706.