Church of the Sacred Heart, Abbey church in Smichov, Czech Republic.
The Church of the Sacred Heart is a single-nave neo-Gothic abbey church with a square, romanticizing tower, built in 1882–1884 onto the Sacré Coeur convent in Holečkova Street, Smíchov. Its interior is painted with murals in the Beuron Benedictine style, and a Chapel of St John Nepomuk adjoins the main nave perpendicularly, entered from the main altar.
The Neo-Gothic single-nave church with a square romanticising tower was added in 1882–1884 to the convent of the French Congregation of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart. Its plans were drawn by Benedictine architect Felix Gislain Béthune, author of the nearby St. Gabriel convent, and the foundation stone was laid on 30 June 1882. After 1989 the nave was structurally adapted and now serves private social events.
The church belongs to the former Sacré Coeur convent of the French congregation Dames du Sacré Coeur, founded in Holečkova Street in Smíchov. Its interior murals follow the Beuron Benedictine school, and the polychromy was carried out by Benedictines from the Emmaus Monastery. A side chapel of St John of Nepomuk opens off the main altar.
The church stands in the former Sacré Coeur convent complex on Holečkova Street in Smíchov. Since 1989 the nave has been adapted for private social events, so it is not a public sight open to casual visitors. The adjoining convent and church are protected as a cultural monument.
The church belongs to the former Sacré Coeur convent complex in Holečkova Street and, together with the convent, is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Its interior murals follow the Beuron Benedictine school, painted in polychromy by monks from the Emmaus Monastery.
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