Saint George’s Basilica

St. George's Basilica is the oldest surviving church building within , Prague, . The basilica was founded by Vratislaus I of Bohemia in 920.
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  • Roman Catholic church
  • …stands 15 metres (49 feet) tall
  • Opening hours:
    April–October: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
    November–March: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
  • Description: church in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Address: Praha
  • Also known as
    “St. George’s Basilica”
    “St. George’s Basilica, Prague”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral.

Castle
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is a castle complex in …

Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus… is situated 150 metres west of Saint George’s Basilica.

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is a street situated in , . is situated 150 metres northeast of Saint George’s Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malá Strana and Hradčany.

Suburb
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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of …

Suburb
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, is the district of the city of , surrounding .

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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of …

Saint George’s Basilica

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Latitude
50.0912° or 50° 5′ 28″ north
Longitude
14.40258° or 14° 24′ 9″ east
Open location code
9F2P3CR3+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1568419057
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1437065

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Saint George’s Basilica” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Georgi bazilikası”
  • Belarusian: “Базіліка Святога Георгія”
  • Catalan: “basílica de Sant Jordi”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Jordi”
  • Catalan: “església de Sant Jordi”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治圣殿”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治大殿”
  • Chinese: “聖喬治大殿”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Jurja u Pragu”
  • Czech: “Bazilika sv. Jiří”
  • Czech: “Bazilika svatého Jiří”
  • Danish: “Sankt Georgs Basilika”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jorisbasiliek”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Georges de Prague”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Georges de Prague”
  • Georgian: “პრაღის წმინდა გიორგის ბაზილიკა”
  • German: “Georgskirche”
  • German: “Sankt-Georgs-Kirche”
  • German: “St. Georg-Basilika”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική του Αγίου Γεωργίου στη Πράγα”
  • Hungarian: “Szent György-bazilika”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo George, Praha”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo George”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Giorgio”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Giorgio”
  • Japanese: “聖イジー聖堂”
  • Latvian: “Sv. Jura bazilika”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Jura bazilika”
  • Maltese: “Bażilika ta‘ San Ġorġ, Praga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Georg basilika”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جورج مقدس”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Jerzego w Pradze”
  • Pushto: “د مقدس جورج کلیسا”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Sf. Gheorghe”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Sfântul Gheorghe din Praga”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святого Георгия”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika a kláštor svätého Jiří”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika a kláštor svätého Juraja”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika svetega Jurija, Praški grad”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika svetega Jurija”
  • Spanish: “basilica de San Jorge de Praga”
  • Spanish: “basílica de San Jorge de Praga”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Jorge de Praga”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Jorge”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Yorgi Bazilikası, Prag”
  • Turkish: “St. George Bazilikası, Prag”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Святого Георгія”
  • Urdu: “مقدس جورج باسیلیک”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh George ở Praha”

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