The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre on Petřín underwent renovation at a cost of two million

Prague - The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre on Petřín has undergone a complete renovation that cost two million crowns. The restoration of the neglected building from 1737 was overseen by conservationists. The chapel has a new façade, and the results of a conservation survey have also been reflected in its new form. The Prague City Hall informed ČTK about this today.

The work was complicated by previous repairs carried out without heritage oversight, which nearly destroyed the original appearance of the chapel. Now, restorers have expertly cleaned the dilapidated parts, restored the paintings in the interior, and the chapel has received a new façade. The basis for the final color scheme was the results of the conservation survey. A new ventilation channel is intended to protect the building from moisture. The monument now has a copper roof and surrounding stone pavement.

"It is a somewhat unjustly overlooked monument, which was built in the first half of the 18th century based on the chapel in Jerusalem. One interesting feature is one of the windows that, on Easter, precisely at 3 PM, allows light to fall on the altar stone in the middle of the chapel," said Deputy for the Environment Petr Hlubuček (STAN/United Forces for Prague).

In recent years, the park below the Petřín lookout tower, one of the tourist hotspots in the capital, has been redesigned. The city invested 27 million crowns in the renovations. In 2017, public toilets were built here, which had been missing on Petřín, last year paths were reconstructed, new furniture was placed around the lookout tower, and greenery was planted.