Spires of church of St Lawrence

On top of the Petrin hill in Prague next to the view-tower stands the beautiful baroque church of St Lawrence. According to legend, the church was built in the 10th century on the site of a pagan shrine. The sacristy's ceiling is decorated with a painting illustrating this legend. It dates from the 1700s when the Romanesque church was rebuilt. Two tall slender towers in the forefront with baroque semicircular windows are topped by a typical onion dome with lantern and finial.