Saint Procopius
St. Procopius Church is the parish church of the district of Žižkov in Prague, Czech Republic. Dedicated to the patron saint of Bohemia, Procopius of Sázava, the three-aisled Neo-Gothic church, located at Sladkovského Square on Seifertova Street, was designed by Bohemian architects Josef Mocker and František Mikš.Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Email: zizkov@efara.cz
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Church of Saint Procopius, Žižkov”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gymnasium Sladkovského náměstí and Žižkov Television Tower.
Gymnasium Sladkovského náměstí
College
Photo: Dezidor, Public domain.
Gymnasium Sladkovského náměstí is a college.
Žižkov Television Tower
Photo: Bertik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Žižkov Television Tower is a transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. Designed by the architect Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák, it stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Žižkov, from which it takes its name. Žižkov Television Tower is situated 340 metres south of Saint Procopius.
Prague 3
Town hall
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Prague 3, is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is geographically identical to the national administrative district and city administrative district of the same name. Prague 3 is situated 260 metres east of Saint Procopius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florenc and Vinohrady.
Vinohrady
Suburb
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Vinohrady is a cadastral district in Prague. It is so named because the area was once covered in vineyards dating from the 14th century. Vinohrady lies in the municipal and administrative districts of Prague 2, Prague 3 and Prague 10, little parts also of Prague 1 and Prague 4.
Karlín
Suburb
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Karlín is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town. It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to the south, New Town to the west and Libeň to the east.
Saint Procopius
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Praha 3, Prague 3, Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.0841° or 50° 5′ 3″ northLongitude
14.45058° or 14° 27′ 2″ eastHeight
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9F2P3FM2+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 27895500OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1296673
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Saint Procopius” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Kostel svatého Prokopa (Praha, Žižkov)”
- Czech: “Kostel svatého Prokopa”
- Czech: “svatý Prokop”
- French: “église Saint-Procope de Žižkov”
- French: “Église Saint-Procope de Žižkov”
- Hungarian: “Szent Prokop-templom”
- Russian: “Храм Святого Прокопа”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Procopio”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Procopio”
- Turkish: “Aziz Procopius Kilisesi (Prag)”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Národní dům – Hotel Theatrino and Obchodní akademie Kubelíkova.
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