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This bachelor thesis attempts to reconstruct the form of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star compound in Prague before its baroque reconstruction. In introductory chapters, the author briefly approximates the history of the Order, its activities in Czech lands and types of its residences. The main chapters are dedicated to topography, functional structure and architectural form of the areal focusing on Gothic foundations. In the final chapters each part of the areal is analysed as is its purpose and building development phases. A part of the bachelor thesis consists of illustration annex (plan documentation, vedute, period photographs). Keywords Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, building development, monastery, hospital, Grandmaster's residence |
