St. Wenceslas Church in Zderaz, Gothic church in New Town, Czech Republic

St. Wenceslas Church in Zderaz is a Gothic structure with a rectangular nave and polyhedral chancel positioned on an elevated rock terrace above street level. The building was constructed with rubble stone and blends architectural elements from different periods.

The Romanesque church was consecrated on 26 November 1181 by Bishop Valentine of Prague, replacing the parish church of Sts Peter and Paul. Hussites burned the monastery on 5 August 1420 and handed the church to Hussite priests. In 1586 Rudolf II gave 300 kop for its rescue; master builder Karel Mělnický then vaulted the nave with terracotta ribs on Tuscan half-columns.

The village of Zderaz is named after its early owner, Zderad. The monastery and church became the centre of the cult of St. Wenceslas in the New Town, and Karel Škréta painted 32 lunette scenes of the saint's legend for the cloister. Since 1929 the church has served the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.

The church stands on a rock terrace above Resslova Street, reached by steps from the street level; the surrounding terrain was lowered around 1904 when the monastery was demolished. The terrace was laid out during the 1909 restoration by Eduard Sochor and Ferdinand Čapka. The columbarium added in 1936 lies under the choir loft.

The Romanesque church consecrated in 1181 had a square west tower of squared-block masonry; part of it was kept in the 14th-century Gothic rebuild and folded into the west facade. Three medieval gravestones from the churchyard survive, two set into the wall of the City of Prague Museum at Florenc and one in the Lapidarium.