Address:
Karolíny Světlé, Prague, Czech Republic
Client:
GEMA ART GROUP a.s.; Prague City
Description of the works:
Reconstruction of the roof
Realization:
2021-2022
The Romanesque Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross, also called the Church of the Holy Cross the Lesser, was built around 1125 on an important trade route leading from Vyšehrad to the fords over the Vltava River and on to Prague Castle. The rotunda, which is registered as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic, was subject of reconstruction of the historical roofing.
The client of the works was the City of Prague and the works were subcontracted to GEMA ART GROUP a.s. The subject of the ordered work on the Rotunda of the Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross was the replacement of the existing composition of the roof covering, completion of the internal plaster of the damaged ceiling vaults, painting, removal and restoration of the glazing at the top of the dome of the main body, restoration of the stone and stucco elements of the main cornice.
