Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross

Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross is a Romanesque rotunda in Prague 1, Old Town quarter, on the crossing of Konviktská and Karolíny Světlé street. Its founding is considered after 1125.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church building in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Also known as: “Nalezení svatého Kříže” and “svatý Kříž Menší”
  • Address: Praha

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles Bridge.

Government building
Photo: Akademie věd České republiky, CC BY-SA 3.0 cz.
The was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences and the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts. is situated 120 metres south of Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the river in , Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century. is situated 520 metres northwest of Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross.

University
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The or FAMU is a film school in , , founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the . is situated 170 metres southwest of Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Josefov and New Town.

Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY 2.0.
The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the city of in the . is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.

Suburb
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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the .

Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross

Latitude
50.08283° or 50° 4′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.41474° or 14° 24′ 53″ east
Inception
1125
Height
14 metres (46 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
9F2P3CM7+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 395230762
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Wiki­data ID
Q11735222
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Vietnamese—“Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Rotunda Nalezení sv. Kříže”
  • Czech: “Rotunda Nalezení svatého Kříže”
  • Czech: “Rotunda svatého Kříže Menšího (Praha)”
  • Czech: “Rotunda svatého Kříže Menšího”
  • Czech: “Rotunda svatého kříže v Konviktské ulici v Praze”
  • Esperanto: “Rotondo de sankta Kruco”
  • French: “Rotonde Sainte-Croix de Prague”
  • Georgian: “პრაღის წმინდა ჯვრის პოვნის როტონდა”
  • German: “Rotunda svatého Kříže Menšího”
  • German: “Rotunde Heilig Kreuz”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Świętego Krzyża w Pradze (XI wiek)”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Świętego Krzyża w Pradze”
  • Vietnamese: “Rotunda svatého Kříže Menšího”

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