Костел і монастир святої Урсули Church and monastery of St. Ursula

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The Roman Catholic Church of St. Ursula is a high-rise building in the Baroque style, which harmoniously fits into the general architectural style of the street together with the adjacent houses. The church was built in 1702-1704 by architect Marco Antonio Canevalle on the site of old burgher houses, the original remains of which can still be seen in the back of the church. A century and a half later, at the end of the XIX century, the Church of St. Ursula underwent a large-scale reconstruction, which restored some details of the interior and exterior, and made architectural changes - completed one floor, slightly changed the main facade of the church. Since then, the building has not been restored, despite the fact that World War II left quite severe damage to the interior of the cathedral.
The Church of St. Ursula has a strict and not luxurious appearance, although the facade is decorated with sculptural images of Saints Ursula, Margarita, the Virgin Mary, the Archangel Michael and Agatha. The three floors of the church are full of baroque windows, on the perimeter of the roof of the church, towering over other buildings, there are statues of angels, which are well visible from the neighboring streets. The interior of the Church is made without arrogance and pomp. Everything is simple, but classically many: frescoes, marble statues, sculptures and painted ceiling. The central altar is decorated with the main value of the church - the image of St. Ursula by the artist Jan Krzysztof Liska.

Sculpture of St. Jan Nepomuk is located on the northeast side of the church (1747). The statue of the saint with a crucifix in his hands is mounted on a figured pedestal, on two smaller pedestals on the sides - sculptures of angels. On the pedestal is a gilded inscription in Latin: "Divo Joanni Nepomuceno suo amalorum incursu defensori Debitae Gratitudinis i venerationis ergo Posuit parthenia domus societatis S. Ursulae Neo Prague MDCCXLVII".
To the right of the church is the building of the Ursuline Monastery, founded in 1655 with the assistance of Countess Sibylla Lambo. The daughters of the local nobility were brought up in it. During the ten years of its activity, the monastery expanded, and in addition to a school for girls, it included a theater, a library, a laundry, and a bathhouse. The construction of a new building for the monastery began in 1674 and was completed in 1677. A three-storey house in the Baroque style. The windows on the second floor are decorated with sandrikas. Above the entrance - a sculpture of St. Ursula, Latin inscription "Haec Est of Patron Nostra Anno MDCLXXVII". Now the Institute of Endocrinology is located here.