Basilica of the Assumption (Prague)
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The Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady (Czech: Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie) is a church in the Strahov Monastery, Prague. It was originally constructed as a Romanesque basilica and later rebuilt in Baroque style.
The Baroque basilica is located in the courtyard of the Strahov Monastery in Prague 1–Hradčany. Originally a Romanesque-Gothic canonical church at Strahov, it was founded in 1140[1] by members of the order.
Famous organists Jan Křtitel Kuchař and Robert Führer worked here. In 1787, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart improvised on the church's organ.[2] The original organ was replaced after 1900.
