Saint Apollinaire
Kostel svatého Apolináře, or Saint Apollinaire, is a Gothic church set on a hill above the city’s old New Town, a site that Charles IV helped transform in the 14th century. Built roughly between 1360 and 1390, the church was established in 1362 when a canonical college was transferred to the site, igniting its construction. The nave developed in two phases: the five-bay longitudinal hall was raised first (c. 1360–76) with a saddleback roof and a temporary tower, followed by the southern tower and the completion of the presbytery in the second quarter of the 14th century; the entire church was finished around 1390. The original chapter comprised a provost and eight canons, with only one canon, Peter of Kromeriz, remaining after around 1419 as the Hussite movement reshaped church life. Today, the structure remains a Roman Catholic church and is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1958. …
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