The Loreto shrine in Prague was built in Baroque style from 1626 and kept being extended and embellished until 1750. It was originally funded by Benigna Katerina Lobkiwicz. The Santa Casa Holy House is a replica of the one at Loreto in Italy. The Loreto Santa Casa comes from the belief that the Virgin Mary's House in Nazareth was transported miraculously to Loreto in Italy in 1278. The original architect in Prague of the chapel and cloister was Giovanni Battista Orsi. A second storey was added to the cloister by Kilian Dientzenhofer and the facade by him and his father Krystof. This includes the belfry with its 30 bells. This is played from a keyboard - 27 bells can sound. See the little video below.
The Church of the Nativity of Our Lord is again by Krystof and Kilian Dientzehhofer, with ceiling frescos by Vaclav Reiner(1698-1743)and Johann Schopf.(1702-1772). It was consecrated in 1737 and finished 1738.
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