Relief on the Matthias Gate (Matyášova brána) in Prague Castle. Prague, Czech Republic. July 2021
The Latin inscription and sculptures over the Matthias Gateway in Prague Castle's New Royal Palace celebrating Mattias as Holy Roman Emperor in 1614. ‘D[ominus] Matthias El[ectus] Rom[anus] Imp[erator] S[emper] Aug[ustus] Hung[ariae] Boh[emiae] Rex etc. F[ieri] F[ecit] An[n]o MDCXIV’
‘Master Matthias, elected Roman Emperor, forever August, King of Hungary, Bohemia etc., ordered this to be built in the year 1614’. In fact, it was his predecessor Rudolf II who conceived the gateway as the ceremonial entrance to Prague Castle and commissioned it, in all probability, from the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Filippi. Originally freestanding, and only later incorporated into the west wall of the castle, the triumphal arch is the earliest Baroque structure in Bohemia.
Relief on the Matthias Gate (Matyášova brána) in Prague Castle. Prague, Czech Republic. July 2021
The Latin inscription and sculptures over the Matthias Gateway in Prague Castle's New Royal Palace celebrating Mattias as Holy Roman Emperor in 1614. ‘D[ominus] Matthias El[ectus] Rom[anus] Imp[erator] S[emper] Aug[ustus] Hung[ariae] Boh[emiae] Rex etc. F[ieri] F[ecit] An[n]o MDCXIV’
‘Master Matthias, elected Roman Emperor, forever August, King of Hungary, Bohemia etc., ordered this to be built in the year 1614’. In fact, it was his predecessor Rudolf II who conceived the gateway as the ceremonial entrance to Prague Castle and commissioned it, in all probability, from the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Filippi. Originally freestanding, and only later incorporated into the west wall of the castle, the triumphal arch is the earliest Baroque structure in Bohemia.