page_title: St. Wenceslas Church (Zderaz)
section_title: Reconstruction in the 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: St. Wenceslas Church (Zderaz) / History / Reconstruction in the 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: The interior of St. Wenceslas' Church at Zderaz
context_page_description: St. Wenceslas Church at Zderaz is a Gothic single-nave church in Prague – New Town. It is located at the crossroad of Resslova Street and Dittrichova Street.
context_section_description: Around 1904, the whole monastery was demolished and the terrain was lowered to the level of the street and rent houses were built instead of the monastery. The church was not restored and was in danger of demolition.
  However, in 1904, the Association for restoration of St. Wenceslas‘ church ordered a plan for restoration, which was made by acknowledged Art Nouveau architects Antonín Wiehl (1846-1910) and Josef Fanta (1872-1941). The cemetery was abolished but the church was still not restored. In 1909, the city council appointed architects Eduard Sochor (1862-1947) and Ferdinand Čapka (1905-1987) with the restoration. A terrace was created around the church, the tracery was restored, nevertheless the renovation works stopped one year later. They were not finished till the church was bought by The Czechoslovak Hussite Church. In 1926 the reconstruction was finally completed. The temple was consecrated again in 1929. In 1936, a columbarium was added under the choir loft.
caption: The choir.
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