Strahov Monastery
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- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1143
- Location
- Prague, Czechia
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.485775.c · ISNI 0000 0001 2248 6345
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- collegiate church
- Official name
- Strahovský klášter
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Hradčany
- Founded by
- Jindřich Zdík
- Dedicated to
- Assumption of Mary
- Official website
- www.strahovskyklaster.cz
- Image
- Praha, Hradcany - Strahovsky klaster (pohled z ulice Uvoz).jpg
- Religious order
- Premonstratensians
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- Commons category
- Strahov Monastery
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- heritage designation
- cultural monument of the Czech Republic
- architectural style
- Romanesque architecture
- inception
- 1143-00-00
- architect
- Anselmo Lurago
- conscription number
- 132
- native label
- Strahovský klášter
- P8168
- Mike Magill
- collection or exhibition size
- 7939
- associated cadastral district
- Hradčany
- visitors per year
- 85000
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Encyclopedic overview
View of Strahov Monastery from Úvoz street. Strahov Monastery (Czech: Strahovský klášter) is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Strahov Monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.