Bridge, Church of St. Lawrence and St. Francis of Seraphina, side altar, 1970

Originally a Baroque monastery church of the Minorites, this single-nave, oriented building featured a narrow nave and an elongated, pentagonal presbytery. Both were vaulted with barrel vaults and lunettes, decorated with frescoes by J. V. Tschöpper (2nd half of the 18th century) and F. J. Duchoslav (late 19th century). Most of the Baroque furnishings, dating from the 18th century, were the work of J. A. Dietz, F. M. Vogot, Ignatz Raab, and the master stonemason Martin Hennevogel. A masonry ga.. Read more »llery in the west end housed an organ from the late 17th century. Repairs are documented after a fire in 1639. By the last quarter of the 17th century, the dilapidated and uninhabitable complex had a roofless nave and damaged masonry. Restoration began in 1716 and finished in 1722, only for the church to burn again in 1723. The vaults and most of the interior survived. Another fire in 1820 necessitated rebuilding, completed in 1842, with further work continuing into the latter half of the 19th century. The monastery and church were demolished in 1977 during the destruction of the historic city center.