Bethlehem Chapel

Bethlehem Chapel

The Bethlehem Chapel ("Betlémská kaple") is a medieval religious building in Prague, Czech Republic notable for its connection with the famous Czech reformer Jan Hus. It was opened for sermons in 1394, and taught solely in the Czech vernacular, thus breaking with German domination of Medieval Bohemian church. The building was never officially used as a church, only a chapel.

In the 18th century, the building was acquired by the Jesuits and converted into an apartment building. Under the Czechoslovakian communist regime the building was restored by the government to its state at the time of Huss. Most of the chapel's exterior walls and a small portion of the pulpit date back to the medieval chapel.


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