RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Havrda, Jan
A1 Kovář, Miroslav
A1 Žďárská, Anna
T1 St. Clement Dominican monastery in the Old Town of Prague
JF Staletá Praha
YR 2017
VO 33
IS 2
SP 2
OP 73
DO 10.56112/sp.2017.2.01
UL https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201702-0001.php
AB The appearance of what may have been the earliest mendicant convent in Prague has, to date, been uknown. This article presents, for the first time, its groundplan and structural development. This important Bohemian Dominican monastery was founded after the arrival of the Friars Preachers to Prague after 1225. The Dominicans first settled at the ancient church of St. Clement at Poříčí, situated at the north-east edge of the Prague medieval agglomeration. After several years they moved to a more convenient site of St. Clement church by the Judith bridge, where they built a convent. Its existence was until recently known only from written evidence, since the medieval monastery completely vanished during the construction of the Baroque Jesuit college called Clementinum. During the archaeological excavation between 2012 and 2017, among other discoveries, substantial parts of the Dominican monastery were revealed - the northern wing of the cloister with the refectory and the eastern wing with the chapter house and the chapel. A building history survey recognised the complicated development of the monastery with several structural phases.