Církev československá husitská - Wuchterlova 5

I throw in every Sunday.

Beautiful building

I always like to stop by this building and take a picture of it :)

An interesting example of a town house, which looks really monumental, yet beautifully associated with the buildings around the rectangular square. The ten-storey building with a 42-meter-high central tower was built between 1925 and 1927 as the seat of the office of dr. Karel Farský, the founder of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, designed by architect Jiří Stibral and led by architect and architect Alois Zima. Karel Farský died here in 1927, which is reported by a plaque on the front. The neo-Gothic façade with pseudo-Romanesque windows is decorated on the second floor with sculptures by Jan Amos Comenius and Master Jan Hus. Above the entrance to the building is a relief Master Jan Hus says goodbye to friends from academic sculptor Josef Kotyza. The prayer room is vaulted with a mesh Gothic vault, inspired by the Vladislav Hall. The columns end with Corinthian warheads, as in the Christian Basilica of Rome. Next to the altar is a bust of Master Jan Hus, which was one of the designs of sculptor Ladislav Šaloun for the Hus Memorial in the Old Town Square. Both sides of the chancel are decorated with busts of the first two patriarchs of the Czechoslovak Church, Karel Farský and Adolf Procházka. Below them are urns with their ashes in the wall. An interesting example of a town house that looks really monumental, yet it is beautifully connected with buildings around a rectangular square. The ten-storey building with a 42-meter-high central tower was built between 1925 and 1927 as the seat of the office of dr. Karel Farský, Founder of Czechoslovak Hussite Church. It was designed by architect Jiří Stibral and led by the builder and architect Alois Zima. Karel Farský died here in 1927, which is reported on the front plaque. The neo-Gothic façade with pseudo-Romanesque windows is decorated on the second floor with sculptures by Jan Amos Komenský and Jan Hus. Above the entrance to the building is a relief "Master Jan Hus says goodbye to friends" from academic sculptor Josef Kotyza. Prayer hall is arched with a mesh Gothic vault, inspired by Vladislav Hall on Prague's Castle. The columns end with the Corinthian capitals, as in the Christian Basilicas of Rome. Next to the altar is a bust of Master Jan Hus, one of the designs by sculptor Ladislav Saloun for the famous Hus Memorial in the Old Town Square. Both sides of the office are decorated with busts of the first two patriarchs of the Czechoslovak Church, Karel Farský and Adolf Procházka. Below the busts in the wall there are urns with their ashes.