History of the whole architectural complex as well sition from the 18th century. At th a t time К. I. as history of separate buildings are dealt with in Dientzenhofer, an architect, took p a rt in the rebuilthe present article. The complex includes among ding of the Church. He deserves the credit, among others buildings and elements in Gothic, Renaissan- other, for linking three elements together: the nave ce or Baroque style. The character of the college and the presbytery of the Church, the free-standing has changed since the Society of Jesus was cassa- two storey vestry and one of the wings of the ted in 1786. The interior of the college was then so-called Small Boarding-School. He divided the divided and turned into living q u arte rs of work- Church elevation with rhythmical elements, shops. The buildings of the college are joined with th e former St. Bartholomew’s Church, which has the The author is of the opinion th a t revalorization of most beautiful façade in Prague. college and the Church, which is to be finished after At present investigations and surveying are being 1982, is an undertaking especially interesting because carried out, on the basis of which Czech architects of the buildings bad state and the technical diffiinted to restore to the building its spatial compo- culties which arise in the course of works.
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