Church of St. Katherine of Alexandria

Established in 1355 by Charles IV as part of the Augustine convent is the Church of St. Katherine of Alexandria. Today it is under the administration of the Orthodox Church, which uses it for worship and church meetings, concerts and spiritual culture projects. One important note: the door to the garden area is occasionally closed, so you may be unable to get a closer look at the church’s exterior.

The original building was Gothic and you can still see some elements of this era in the octagonal tower, nicknamed the “Prague Minaret”. In 1737 the church was redone in the Baroque style and today it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of Prague’s high and late Baroque. The beautiful interior is rich with ceiling frescoes, with the central fresco depicting St. Katherine with pagan scholars.

The church is one of the five churches founded by Charles IV in the New Town district which form a cross, with the Church of St Katherine of Alexandria making up the Northern Point

Stay on the main street and follow along the exterior walls of the church’s garden.