• Address:

    Betlémské nám.; Husova 255/3; 4; 5, 110 00 Praha 1

  • Client:

    Czech Technical University in Prague

  • Description of work:

    Construction and restoration work

  • Realization:

    2020–2021

The originally Gothic Bethlehem Chapel, is notable for its connection with the origins of the Bohemian Reformation and personage of John Huss (1372-6 July 1415) rector and preacher.

The Gothic chapel was demolished in 1786 and only segments of the perimeter walls remain from the original building. The chapel in its present form was built after the Second World War (1948-1950). The reconstruction of the chapel was based on the surviving plans, vignettes and remnants of the original building designed by architects Jaroslav Fragner with the cooperation of Bedřich Hacar (more about the history of the site).

The works carried out on the Bethlehem Chapel were carried out in the “Historical Centre of Prague”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The subject of the works was the dehumidification of the exterior of the western and northern sides of the Bethlehem Chapel, as well as the repair of the plaster of the western and northern facades of the building, including the plaster surfaces of the enclosed footbridge (an elevated type of padway) connecting the chapel with the neighbouring house. The subject of the restoration work was also the treatment of wall paintings in the interior of the chapel, damaged by rising damp.