Franziskanerminoritenkloster Prag, Baroque monastery in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic
The Franciscan Minorite Monastery, founded between 1228 and 1232, stands by St. James Church in Old Town. Its surviving buildings, partly Gothic and partly Baroque, enclose a rectangular Paradise Courtyard with a well and arcades. The entrance from Malá Štupartská street has a carved door from 1665 showing St. Francis and St. Anthony of Padua.
The monastery was established in 1232 as one of Prague's earliest religious structures. Its original Gothic design was completely transformed during the Baroque period, creating the appearance it has today.
The refectories carry the names of John of Luxembourg, who married Elizabeth of Bohemia here in 1311, and the garden recalls Angelo of Florence, apothecary to Charles IV. Frescoes of the 1730s by František Voget depict the life of St Francis of Assisi.
The entrance to the cloister is on Malá Štupartská street, through a modest door carved in 1665 with figures of St Francis and St Anthony of Padua. The surviving buildings form a rectangle around the Paradise Court, whose well never froze in winter. The convent rooms are used for education and are not freely open, so arrange a visit in advance.
The entrance from Malá Štupartská street is a modest door carved in 1665 with figures of St Francis and St Anthony of Padua. Inside, the Paradise Court keeps a well that in the Middle Ages never froze, and the oldest masonry on the site is a Romanesque cellar.
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