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Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1149. It lies strategically above the city, with a great view over the castle, St. Vitus cathedral, the Vltava River and the sprawling city beyond.
Strahov Monastery, Prague
Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Bishop Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Duke Vladislav II. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic. It has beautiful frescoes on the ceiling and a well stocked old library with wooden shelfs.
Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia.
After his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1138, the bishop of Olomouc, Jindřich Zdík, took hold of the idea of founding a monastery of regular canons in Prague. He had the support of the bishops of Prague and Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia and -- after his death -- Vladislav II. After Zdík's first unsuccessful attempt to found a Czech variant of the canons' order at the place called Strahov in 1140, an invitation was issued to the Premonstratensians, whose first representatives arrived from Steinfeld in the Rhine valley (now Germany).
The monks began to build their monastery first of wood, with a Romanesque basilica as the center of all spiritual events in Strahov. The building was gradually completed and the construction of the monastery stone buildings continued, in order to replace the provisional wooden living quarters with permanent stone. In 1258, the monastery was heavily damaged by fire and later renewed.
It has been rebuilt numerous times since, due to the ravages of various wars. It is likely not the monastery itself, nor its church, however, that astonishes visitors. That distinction goes to the the library within its walls.
The library is divided into two major halls: the Baroque Theological Hall contains 18,000 religious texts, and the grand Philosophical Hall has over 42,000 ancient philosophical texts. The libraries hold many rare volumes, are masterfully frescoed, and contain 17th-century geographical globes.
Above the shelves of the Theological Hall are gilded wooded-carved decorations with wooden cartouches. These functioned as a sort of beautiful early card catalogue system. The pictures in the wooden cartouches and their titles specified the type of literature stored on the shelves below.
Of special note is the compilation wheel, used by 17th-century scribes to compile texts. The scribe would place various texts that he needed to copy from on the wheel, which functioned as a kind of rotating shelf. A planetary mechanism inside ensured that the books were always held at the same angle, even as they spun around.
Strahov also contains a beautiful cabinet of curiosities, brought to the monastery from the estate of Karel Jan Erben in 1798. The hall of cabinets include bits of a dodo bird, a large 18th-century electrostatic device, numerous old ocean specimens, insects, minerals, anthropological artifacts, and for unclear reasons, many glass cases full of wax fruit.
Na Kampě or Kampa Island from the Charles Bridge. The island once housed only mills and gardens - a few of which have been preserved. A Museum of Modern Art is another big attraction here.
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Strahov Monastery:Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary On Strahov
The Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
The upper western part of Malostranské Náměstí or Lesser Town Square. The square is split up by the Church of Saint Nicholas, which lies (unseen) to the right of this view. The Marian Column (right of pic) was built in 1717 to mark the end of a plague!
A vintage car carrying newly weds drives up the steep road leading to Petřín Hill. In the background can be seen Prague Castle and the houses of Mala Strana.
Taken through plexiglass, one of the books on display in the museum portion of the Strahov Monastery Library in Prague.
Next stop - Pilsner Urquell!! Innovative advertising inside one of Praha-Ruzyně's restaurants in the departure hall!
A favorite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon was to walk up the hill through the park to Strahov Monastery. It’s a real working monestary. It overlooks Prague Castle, Mala-Strana, the Charles Bridge and the Vlatava River. The Library and Museum should not be missed
Prague Castle (Pražský hrad), photo taken from in front of Strahov Monastery (Strahovský klášter). Travelling around Prague by foot.
The Strahov Evangeliary, in the Library of Strahov Monastery, a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1149 in Prague.
Alchemists work space, Golden Lane. The street is rumoured to have got its name from a number of alchemists who lived there!
Golden Lane re-opened to the public only a few weeks before my visit - after an extensive renovation. It is perhaps the most frequented part of Prague Castle!
Mila Furstova created the album art for Coldplay's 6th album Ghost Stories & covers for the NY Times No.1 Best Selling book series Mortal Instruments.
These are pictures from her exhibition in Strahov Monastery in Prague.
La mayor parte de los volúmenes son de carácter científico. El más valioso es sobre las obras antiguas de Egipto y un manual de varios tomos dedicado a los museos de Francia, publicado entre 1803 y 1809, regalado por María Luisa de Austria, esposa de Napoleón I Bonaparte. El techo lo decora un hermoso fresco del siglo XVIII, que simboliza "La lucha de la Humanidad por el conocimiento de la sabiduría auténtica".
Lo que más me gusta de esta sala es una de las frases que adornan el techo: "Initium sapientiae timor domini", "El inicio de la sabiduría es el temor de Dios". De decoración barroca y obra del arquitecto italiano Giovanni Domenico Orsi, el documento más antiguo conservado es un evangelio del siglo IX escrito en pergamino.
Prague - visited in dez. 2005. Historical Halls of the Strahov Library. Impressive view through time tunnel... Go there! :-) www.strahovmonastery.cz/
The Strahov Monastery was founded in 1140 by bishop Jindrich Zdik and Prince Vladislav II., who became King Vladislav I. later. The name “Strahov” means “guarding place”, because it is situated near the former road to the princely castle, which was guarded.
It is a seat of the Premonstratensian Order since the 12 th century. It is one of the most important historical buildings in Prague. There are several places of interest in the area: the Strahov Picture Gallery, the Church of the Assumption, the Strahov Library with many historical documents and several impressive halls. became an important sanctuary in 1627, when relics of St. Norbert were transferred there from Magdeburg. St. Norbert founded the Premonstratensian Order in 1120 in France, in the Premontre valley.