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Churches
Behind the Santa Casa is the
Church of the Nativity of Our Lord
(kostel
Narození Páně), built in 1737. The interior includes skeletons of the Spanish saints
Felicissima and Marcia.
At the corner of the courtyard is the unusual
Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows
(kaple Panny Marie Bolestné), featuring a crucified bearded lady. She was St Starosta,
pious daughter of a Portuguese king who promised her to the king of Sicily against
her wishes. After a night of tearful prayers she awoke with a beard, the wedding was
called off, and her father had her crucified. She was later made patron saint of the
needy and the godforsaken.
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Santa Casa
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Treasury
PRACTICALITIES
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220 516 740
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Loretánské náměstí 7
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adult/concession/family 130/100/270Kč
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9am-12.15pm & 1-5pm Apr-Oct, to 4pm Nov-Mar
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Treasury
The church's treasury (1st floor) remains a bastion of religious bling centred on the
90cm-tall Prague Sun (Pražské slunce), made of solid silver and gold and studded
with 6222 diamonds. Photography is not allowed unless you pay an extra 100Kč.
