Gingerbread nativity scene in St. Matthew's Church in Dejvice

On the site of today's late-baroque church, the first building stood already under Boleslav II. Pious. (According to legend, the prince visited the Šárecký forest, where Ctirad's warriors were buried, and a bear attacked him on the spot, trying to tear him apart. The prince was saved by an apparition of St. Matthew, and a church was built in this place as an expression of thanks.) This rumor was recorded in Hájkov chronicle, which eats at…
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