The Church and Monastery of the Virgin Mary of the Snows is one of the largest medieval buildings in Prague's New Town. By founding the church and monastery, the Czech king (and later the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) Charles IV wanted to emphasize the proximity of this building to Rome. This is evidenced by the name of the complex, which connects it with the famous Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (Santa Maria Maggiore).
In the courtyard of the church next to the facade is a stone sculpture of St. Antoninus of Padua - a valuable work in the early Baroque style of the second half of the 17th century. Next to the chapel of the Virgin Mary is a sculpture of St. Jan Nepomuk, opposite it - a sculpture of St. She is from God. The author of both sculptures, created in 1719, is the Prague sculptor Jan Oldrich Mayer, a famous representative of mature Baroque sculpture in Prague in the early 18th century.
In the courtyard of the church next to the facade is a stone sculpture of St. Antoninus of Padua - a valuable work in the early Baroque style of the second half of the 17th century. Next to the chapel of the Virgin Mary is a sculpture of St. Jan Nepomuk, opposite it - a sculpture of St. She is from God. The author of both sculptures, created in 1719, is the Prague sculptor Jan Oldrich Mayer, a famous representative of mature Baroque sculpture in Prague in the early 18th century.
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