• By the time of St. Wenceslaus jubilee in 1929, the St. Vitus cathedral was finally finished, nearly 600 years after it was begun.
  • Duke Wenceslas built a new church to preserve this relic in honor of Saint Vitus – today St. Vitus Cathedral. The Cathedral and its treasury was richly donated...
  • Prague Castle – Circuit C 'The Treasury of St. Vitus Cathedral' exhibition, Prague Castle Picture Gallery.
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    BTN Link. Edmund de waal. Fragments of Memory. The Treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (with Josef Koudelka and Julian Rosefeldt).
  • At the top of the Hradcany Hill stands a monumental structure that embodies the spiritual symbol of the Czech state - the Cathedral of St. Vitus.
  • At the heart of the exhibition are the treasures of Prague’s St Vitus Cathedral, a revered collection of relics of faith considered both sacred and very precious.
  • His most significant work are two busts in the triforium of the cathedral of St. Vitus – his self-portrait and a display of the emperor Charles.
  • The Prague Castle presents and incredible exhibition of religious artifacts and relics from the reign of King Charles and St. Vitus.
  • So the name of the church, known to most tourists as St Vitus Cathedral, officially sounds like the Cathedral of St Vitus, Wenceslas and Vojtech.
  • Exterior of St. Vitus Cathedral. The Golden Portal or Zlatá brána is at the side of the cathedral. It is graced with a colorful and remarkable mosaic over it.