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Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord

The Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord (Czech: Kostel Nejsvětějšího Srdce Páně) is a Roman Catholic church at Jiřího z Poděbrad Square in Prague's Vinohrady district. It was built between 1929 and 1932 and designed by the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik. Plečnik found the inspiration for this construction in old Christian and ancient patterns. The Czech sculptor Damian Pešan (1887–1975) created statues of Ch…

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1928

Vinohrady, Vinohrady, Czech Republic

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Joze Plecnik

1872-1957 · Ljubljana, Central Slovenia, Slovenia

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Joze Plecnik

studio · Ljubljana, Central Slovenia, Slovenia

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