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svatý Gabriel

Czechia

Ask for the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and you may get a blank look. Almost everyone calls it St Gabriel's, after the former convent of St Gabriel whose grounds it belongs to. It stands in a commanding position at the southern foot of Petřín hill, on Holečkova Street in Smíchov, on land that was once vineyards. From the street you are looking at a Roman Catholic filial church of the Smíchov parish, listed as a cultural monument together with the Benedictine convent since 1964.

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