Kostel svatého Petra na Poříčí Church

Kostel svatého Petra na Poříčí stands in Prague's New Town on Bishop Street and testifies to the long medieval development of sacral architecture in the city. consecrated to the Apostle Peter, originally served as a parish church of the German community of the extinct village of Poříčí and today it is managed by the order of cruisers with a red star.

The church construction dates back to the second half of the 12th century when the ruling king Vladislav I. built it The original Romanesque basilica had a distinctive appearance with two towers on the western facade, which have been preserved until today. In the space between the towers there was a bleachers whose window was preserved. The construction was made of thick walls made of leech blocks. The main ship remained unarched, the side ships opened with three arcades carried by prismatic pillars, two of which were preserved from the southern line. The walls were decorated with paintings, the remains of which were partially preserved in the windows.

Around 1200 he introduced the Order of German Knights to the church of Moravian Margrave Vladislav Jindřech, who founded his hospital and also his seat. Later she bought the church Konstancie Uherská, widow of the King of Overmind Otakar I., and donated it together with other assets to St. Francis's Hospital, which was founded in the same year by her daughter Anezka. The original hospital fraternity gradually became the Czech order of cruisers with a red star. After the flood in 1280 there was a mass grave at the church, and a cemetery was later set up here. At the beginning of the 14th century, a parish school was built at the church.

A fundamental transformation came with the late Middle Ages. The foundation of the New Town of Prague in 1348 and its representative parish churches gave rise to the need for restoration. The reconstruction began in 1382 by demolishing the northern Romanesque ship. The Gothic twin ship was built in its place, whose construction was completed in 1395. The new presbytery was completed in 1406 - it was five-sided and twice as wide as the original Romanesque. Long construction works paid for by religious charity continued until 1411. An interesting preserved southern Romanesque boat from an old building that became part of today's church.

The church is also remembered in Hussite history. In 1414, vicar Mikulash, a cruiser, introduced a unique way of holy communion - in addition to traditional communion at the main altar, there was also acceptance under both side altars. In 1419, after the battle of sanctification, the Hussites expelled the cruisers from the church, but the temple itself was not destroyed - it is believed that it was spared by the precisely mentioned Hussite reforms carried out here earlier. In 1436, the cruisers returned and continued to manage the church.

Kostel svatého Petra na Poříčí remains a testament to the medieval transformation of Prague architecture, from the towers of Paris to the Gothic ships to the Hussite reforms that left their traces.