St. Salvator Church in Prague is part of a group of buildings
forming the oldest Czech Jesuit College - the Klementinum This
large, majestic church is a city landmark, located at one end of
Charles Bridge, at the entrance to the Old Town. St. Salvator
Church was built initially in the Gothic style between 1578-1601
by the Jesuits, however many of the important features are
Baroque, added during a final phase of construction between
1649-1654. St. Salvator is indeed considered as one of the most
valuable examples of early-Baroque architecture in Prague.
Famous architects Lurago, Caratti and Kanka were all involved
with its construction. St. Salvator has a beautiful Baroque
facia, with porticos decorated with sand-stone sculptures of
saints by Jan Jirí Bendl. A niche in the wall houses a sculpture
of the Virgin Mary. Inside, the church is built of three high
aisles, with galleries and a dome painted with frescos. But the
church conceals a paradox which characterises the work of the
Jesuit Order in Bohemia: in t