Neighbourhoods at a Glance - Prague and Czech Republic - page 222

building's corner. Inside, two restored Gothic chapels now serve as branches of the
Prague City Gallery (with changing exhibits of modern art) and as chamber-concert
venues.

CHUR CHURCCH

CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
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(Kostel sv Mikuláše; Staroměstské náměstí; noon-4pm Mon, 10am-4pm Tue-Sat, noon-3pm
Sun; Staroměstská) The baroque wedding cake in the northwestern corner of the Old
Town Square is the Church of St Nicholas, built in the 1730s by Kilian Dientzenhofer
(not to be confused with the Dientzenhofers' masterwork in Malá Strana). Consider-
able grandeur has been worked into a very tight space; originally the church was
wedged behind the Old Town Hall's northern wing (destroyed in 1945).

Chamber concerts are often held beneath its stucco decorations, a visually splendid
(though acoustically mediocre) setting.