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svatá Rodina

Czechia

From the street, the Church of the Holy Family in Prague-Řepy barely announces itself. It is not a freestanding church but part of a four-winged, two-storey building, the former orphanage now known as the Home of St Charles Borromeo. The church occupies the western part of the convent complex, and its frontage differs from the rest only in the more elaborate articulation of the south side, where the entrance leads into the church porch. Look at the west side and you will see larger windows separated by pilasters, with Gothic-style buttresses at ground level. The overall effect is Gothic in spirit, tempered by touches of early Italian Renaissance.

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