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According to his widow, Constanze, Mozart loved the architecture of Prague, with its
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Frantisek Karel Count of Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky. The mark of the actual patron Václav Count of Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky on the facade of the temple is not found. He was so humble that he did not want his name to be associated with the
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which dated from the 13th century, stood on the site of the present church. Sometime after 1620, it was given to the
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Nicholas was demolished and in 1673 the cornerstone laid for the new church. The church was built in two stages during the 18th century. From 1703 till 1711 the west façade, the choir, the
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