Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Brick modernist church crowned by a vast tower clock resembling a railway station facade.
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This guide to the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Prague opens with the seven-and-a-half-meter clock crowning its tower, then rewinds to the 1920s design competition that Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik was never invited to enter. It traces the brick and glazed-tile building he submitted anyway, styled after Noah's Ark, with gold Greek crosses and copper lamps shaped like spheres. Look for the foundation stone, laid on the tenth anniversary of Czechoslovak independence.
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