Church of St. Apollinaire, Gothic church in New Town, Prague, Czech Republic

The Church of St. Apollinaire is a Gothic building on Vetrov hill in New Town with a tower about 42 meters tall. The tower displays Gothic pointed windows and rectangular openings from later reconstructions, while the church preserves its original spaces.

The church was founded in 1362 when a canonical college was moved from Sadska to Prague. This settlement happened through an agreement between the founder and the Archbishop of Pardubice.

The church is named after Saint Apollinaire and holds Gothic wall paintings from the 14th century inside its walls. These paintings show the artistic decoration that visitors can observe when entering the nave.

The church stands in Apolinářská street on the Větrov hill in New Town, its south-west corner flanked by a tower. The nave and the narrower five-sided presbytery form the plan; the west window and portal were walled up in 1747 when the neighbouring house was built, so look for the entrance on the south side.

The tower holds two bells cast in 1757 by Jan Jiří Kuehner: the larger one named Apollinaire and the smaller one named Anna. The great bell of 1620 had earlier been recast by Mikuláš Loewe after the 1670 gale damaged the roof and the small ridge turret.