Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord
The Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord is a Roman Catholic church at Jiřího z Poděbrad Square in Prague's Vinohrady district. It was built between 1929 and 1932 and designed by the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik.Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Roman Catholic church in Prague
- Also known as: “Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jiřího z Poděbrad and Žižkov Television Tower.
Jiřího z Poděbrad
Metro station
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jiřího z Poděbrad is a Prague Metro station on Line A, located in Vinohrady, Prague 3. In January 2023 it closed for reconstruction.
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 330 metres north of Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord.
Prague - Main railway station
Railway station
Photo: Lynx1211, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest railway station in Prague, Czech Republic. It opened in 1871 as Franz Josef Station, after Franz Joseph I of Austria. Prague - Main railway station is situated 1¼ km northwest of Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vinohrady and Florenc.
Vinohrady
Suburb
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Žižkov
Suburb
Photo: David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Žižkov is a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic. Most of Žižkov lies in the municipal and administrative district of Prague 3, except for very small parts which are in Prague 8 and Prague 10.
Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord
- 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
50.07802° or 50° 4′ 41″ northLongitude
14.45072° or 14° 27′ 3″ eastInception
May 8th, 1932Height
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9F2P3FH2+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 28553161OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q1164329
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Касцёл Найсвяцейшага Сэрца Божага на Вінаградах”
- Chinese: “聖心教堂”
- Czech: “Kostel Nejsvětějšího Srdce Páně (Vinohrady)”
- Czech: “Kostel Nejsvětějšího Srdce Páně v Praze”
- Czech: “Kostel Nejsvětějšího srdce Páně”
- Czech: “Kostel Nejsvětějšího Srdce v Praze”
- Czech: “Nejsvětější Srdce Páně”
- Danish: “Kirke af Herrens Helligste Hjerte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه قلب ربنا الاقدس”
- French: “Église du Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus de Prague”
- French: “église du Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus”
- Georgian: “პრაღის იესოს წმინდა გულის ტაძარი”
- German: “heiligsten Herzens des Herrn”
- German: “Herz-Jesu-Kirche”
- German: “Kirche des heiligsten Herzens des Herrn”
- Maltese: “Knisja tal-Qalb l-Aktar Imqaddsa tal-Mulej”
- Polish: “Kościół Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Pradze”
- Polish: “kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa”
- Portuguese: “Igreja do Sagrado Coração de Nosso Senhor”
- Romanian: “Biserica Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus din Praga”
- Romanian: “Biserica Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus din Vinohrady”
- Russian: “Костёл Пресвятого Сердца Господня на Виноградах”
- Russian: “Храм Пресвятого Сердца Господня на Виноградах”
- Russian: “Церковь Пресвятого Сердца Господня на Виноградах”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого сердца Господня”
- Russian: “Церковь Сердца Господня на Виноградах”
- Slovak: “Kostol Najsvätejšieho srdca Pána”
- Slovenian: “cerkev Srca Jezusovega v Pragi”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev Srca Jezusovega, Praga”
- Spanish: “iglesia del Sagrado Corazon de Maria”
- Spanish: “iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de María”
- Spanish: “Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón”
- Turkish: “Rabbimizin En Kutsal Kalbi Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Костел Пресвятого Серця Господня на Виноградах”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Informační centrum Praha 3 and Farmářské tržiště Jiřák.
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