Augustinian, Jesuit and other orders in Prague in the 17^th century

Of the about one hundred churches in Prague, perhaps some of the following belong to the musical milieus were Albrici worked.

"Block", church	Church, convent etc.	Comment
Jesuits
Clementinum	Salvation church	Built 1576-1659
	Italian chapel (= Marie Ascension?)	Built 1590-1600
	Clemens church	From 1711-18, today Greek-orthodox
	Jesuit college	Grounded 1556
	Jesuit Clementine University	?
St. Nicolas-church	Jesuit college	After the Habsburg Counter-Reformation victory of the old Protestant service house on Malá Strana replaced by a huge Jesuit church. The immense Jesuit College dates from 1674-90.
St. Ignatius		Performed 1665-70 by Carlo Lurago and D. Orsi at Karlovo námesti (Charles Square) as the Jesuits College baroque church of the New City (Nové Mesto).
Bethlehem chapel		1627 the Jesuits took over the ownership of the church (Counter-Reformation). The church was demolished 1786. Its rebuilt after 164 years also explains the great importance in the Czech history. 1950-54 a reconstruction was performed after the old original shape.
Augustinians
Charles court - Karlov	Saint Augustinian monastery	Convent ordained by Charles IV for the Augustinian choristers.
	Marie Ascension	The special octagon shaped central church building was 1377 after a temporary extended with Maria Ascension and Charles the Great.
	Charles the Great
St. Catherine		Of the in 1355-67 for the Augustinian abbesses performed original convent building only the gothic bell tower remains, which 1737-41 was complemented with a new erected baroque part under Dientzenhofer and Kanka. Today the Lapidarium of Prague City Museum. 1715-30 a monastery and hospital was performed under Kanka.
St. Thomas	Augustinian monastery	1283 the own parish church of the new part of the town Malá Strana was consecrated attended to Saint Nicholas. Parallel in time, on a huge area quite near, an Augustinian monastery and a church to St. Thomas was performed.
The Knights of the Red Cross
Franciscus Seraphicus church	Monastery	Performed in the 12^nd part of the 13^th century. At the end of the 15^th century the monastery belonging to The Knights of the Red Cross at the Charles Bridge was expanded and rebuilt. Carl Antonio Carlone (d. 1708) and Francesco Caratti (d. 1679) raised the church 1679-89. Jean Baptiste Mathey performed an important dome in the baroque style. Perhaps 11 more compositions by Albrici can be found somewhere in Prague.

© Jan Enberg 1999