The monumental complex of Clementinum, by its two hectares the second largest after the Prague Castle, used to be lively educational and cultural centre. In the 11th century the Church of St. Clement was here, in the year 1232 the Dominicans took over the church and built a monastery out of it. In 1555 the Jesuits came to Prague. They bought the building of the monastery together with the attached grounds and built a Jesuit college here. The construction of the college took nearly two hundred years. In the complex of five buildings around five courtyards several new buildings were built - the new Church of St. Clement, the Church of the Holy Saviour, the Convent building, the Chapel of Mirrors, the new Jesuit College – a huge complex of classrooms, halls, utility buildings, cells, as well as a library, an observatory, a printing house, a theatre and an observatory dome. Famous architects, such as Carlo Lurago, Francesco Lurago, Giovanni Domenico Orsi, Paul Ignaz Bayer, Franciscus Maxmilian Kaňka and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer participated in the construction. Since two hundred years the National Library has been seated here. The most valuable prints have been deposited here as well as all the books published on the territory of Bohemia since 1807.
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The monumental complex of Clementinum, by its two hectares the second largest after the Prague Castle, used to be lively educational and cultural centre. In the 11th century the Church of St. Clement was here, in the year 1232 the Dominicans took over the church and built a monastery out of it. In 1555 the Jesuits came to Prague. They bought the building of the monastery together with the attached grounds and built a Jesuit college here. The construction of the college took nearly two hundred years. In the complex of five buildings around five courtyards several new buildings were built - the new Church of St. Clement, the Church of the Holy Saviour, the Convent building, the Chapel of Mirrors, the new Jesuit College – a huge complex of classrooms, halls, utility buildings, cells, as well as a library, an observatory, a printing house, a theatre and an observatory dome. Famous architects, such as Carlo Lurago, Francesco Lurago, Giovanni Domenico Orsi, Paul Ignaz Bayer, Franciscus Maxmilian Kaňka and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer participated in the construction. Since two hundred years the National Library has been seated here. The most valuable prints have been deposited here as well as all the books published on the territory of Bohemia since 1807.
