Theological Hall in the Strahov Monastery, Prague, interior

View from the entrance along the interior of the library, lined with bookshelves, globes, and stands for large works. Frescoes and curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, and a painted wooden figure of St. John holding his hand to his jaw as though he had a toothache.

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Image Size: 3600x2700 / 7.5MB; Czech Republic Prague. Praha Strahov Monastery Premonstratensian order library 18th century Theological Hall interior books stucco frescoes Baroque
Contained in galleries: Prague in Winter

View from the entrance along the interior of the library, lined with bookshelves, globes, and stands for large works. Frescoes and curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, and a painted wooden figure of St. John holding his hand to his jaw as though he had a toothache.