Convent of St Agnes

Convent od St Agnes can be seen from the surface of the Vltava river on its right bank on the territory of the Old Town. It was founded by Agnes of Bohemia, and her brother, King Wenceslas I. Its origin dates back to 1233 - 1234 and it is thus one of the first Gothic buildings of this size in the country. Agnes herself then became its first abbess.

The monastery complex consists of a monastic church of St Francis, the Franciscan Monastery, the women's church, the square cloister, the monastery kitchen, the chapel of Mary Magdalene, the Church of St Salvator, the Chapel of St Barbara, the boundary wall of the house and abbess.

Over the next few centuries, the monastery has undergone many changes and interventions, including modifications in Renaissance and Baroque style, which were removed due to the substantial and long-term reconstruction in the 20th century. Since 1978, the monastery is a national monument and it houses one of the sections of the National Gallery in Prague with the current exhibition being the Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe from 1200 to 1550.