Zvuky Prahy / Sounds of Prague

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Church of saint Havel in Havelská ulice

Creator: milos (Miloš Vojtěchov...)
Submitted: 2010-12-30
Recorded: 2010-12-14
Licence: Creative Commons Licence
Download: 101228221914.mp3

Founded in the 13th century it was one of the four Old Town parish churches. It was an important centre of the reformation movement and Jan Hus and Jan of Nepomuk also preached here. In the chapel, there is a tomb of the well-known Bohemian Baroque artist Karel Škréta. Since the middle ages Prague's best-known market has been held in Havelská Street