svatý Havel
Czechia
You find St Havel (St Gall) on Havelská street in Prague's Old Town, and the first thing to understand is that the front you are looking at is a stage set. The rippling, high-Baroque façade, built between 1723 and 1738, stands in front of the church's original front rather than replacing it. Behind that curving screen, with its two towers, is a three-aisled church that keeps both the ground plan and much of the masonry of its Gothic predecessor. Look up at the gable. Eight statues of saints by Matěj Václav Jäckel, made before 1727, line its sides, though some have been replaced by copies since 1968.
- Written with AI from the Wikipedia article Kostel svatého Havla (Praha) (cs.wikipedia.org); facts only from there
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