This Premonstratensian monastery was founded in 1140. In the complex there is the church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Strahov Library (with a number of medieval manuscripts, maps and globes, the Baroque Theological Hall, the Classical Philosophy Hall decorated with frescoes), and the Strahov Gallery, one of the most significant Central European collections of Gothic painting, Rudolfian art, and Baroque and Rococo paintings.
It was a dream of mine to see the Strahov Library! Can you blame me? There’s one notch off my bucket list.
I snapped a couple of interior shots rather inconspicuously and quickly.
I mean, that ceiling.
I was overcome with gratitude for having had the opportunity to see this historical vision in person. Off to explore more of the city!
