NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-VICTOIRE CHURCH
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The first Baroque church in Prague (Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné) was built by German Lutherans between 1611 and 1613. By 1624, it had become the property of the Carmelites. Today's appearance dates back to 1640, and today the church is well known thanks to the Pražské Jezulátko ("Little Jesus of Prague"). This 46 cm high statuette is made of wax and set with dozens of precious stones. The particularity of this "Jesus" is to have an abundant wardrobe: no less than 46 outfits, changed regularly about ten times a year according to the major religious holidays. It also has two crowns. The clothes he is not wearing are on display in the small adjacent museum. The statue was given to the Carmelites by Polyxena of Lobkowicz. You will find it on an altar to the right of the main nave. It arouses a mad devotion and is the cause of many pilgrimages. The church altars also deserve the attention of visitors, as many of the paintings depicting the saints were painted around 1700 by Petr Johannes Brandl, a rococo painter better known in the West since the fall of the wall, most of his works having been on the other side of the Iron Curtain. When you leave the church, all you have to do is cross the street to enter the shop that sells Bambino di Praga as a souvenir, in different materials, sizes and clothes. Other souvenirs are also on sale directly in the church.
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