Experts' Choice Award Church of Our Lady before Tyn
What the experts agree on
Twin Gothic spires looming 80m above Old Town Square make this the city's most iconic landmark. Built for Prague's people (unlike royal St Vitus's), it houses the oldest organ and dominates the skyline with unmistakable fairy-tale grandeur.
“With its twin spires...crowned with a plethora of bell towers and pointed spires, looming 80m above the cobblestones, the Church of Our Lady Before Týn...is the city's most important Gothic sanctuary.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "The twin-spired Týn Church is an Old Town Square landmark and one of the city's best examples of Gothic architecture." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Its distinctive twin Gothic spires make the Týn Church an unmistakable landmark. Like something out of a 15th-century - and probably slightly cruel - fairy tale, they loom over the Old Town Square." Full review
Time Out "The church dates from the same period as much of St Vitus's Cathedral (late 14th century), but whereas St Vitus's was constructed to show the power of King Charles IV, Týn was a church for the people." Full review
Afar Magazine "It's a major symbol of Prague." Full review
Let's Go "The two enormous Gothic spires of Our Lady before Týn dominate the skyline of the otherwise Baroque buildings of Old Town Square. It houses Prague’s oldest organ." Full review
Frommer's "Huge, double square towers with multiple black steeples make this church Old Town Square's most distinctive landmark." Full review
National Geographic "With free admission (donations are welcome) to the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn, tourists can pay a visit to astronomer Tycho Brahe (or his grave, rather). Famed for pioneering a..."
Lonely Planet "One of the most photogrhed is the Church of Our Lady Before Týn, a twin-spired Gothic masterpiece looming over the Old Town Square. Step inside to explore a bold baroque interior,..."
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