Křižovnické náměstí is a public space in Prague onto which the facade of St. Salvator Church faces.[1] The church was built in two stages, in 1578–1582 to a design by Marco Fontana and in 1600–1601, on the basis of the Gothic presbytery of the Dominican Church of St. Clement. [1]
The church is part of the Clementinum complex. The most prominent part of its facade is a three-part portico in the shape of a triumphal arch, whose central arcade is higher and wider than the side ones. The portico is topped by a stone balustraded attic with statues of saints and vases.[1] The church is a three-nave building with a transept and a polygonal imitation of a dome, and has two towers on its eastern side. [1] Around 1650, with the participation of Carlo Lurago and the sculptor Jan Jiří Bendl, the interiors and the facade were remodelled in the early Baroque style. [1] The Clementinum complex is used mainly by the National Library of the Czech Republic.[1] The Clementinum is a Jesuit complex that arose on the site of a Dominican monastery and several medieval houses. [1]