Church of Our Lady before Týn

The Church of Our Lady before Týn (Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem) is the defining Gothic landmark of Old Town Square, its pair of 80-metre twin towers — named Adam and Eve, with the southern tower slightly taller than the northern — rising above the surrounding rooftops and serving as Prague's most recognisable skyline silhouette. Construction began around 1360 under the influence of Peter Parler's workshop and was not completed until the early 16th century; the church then served as the main Hussite church in Prague until the re-Catholicisation after 1620. Its interior houses the oldest pipe organ in Prague (1673), the oldest baptismal font in the city (tin, 1414), Baroque altarpieces by Karel Škréta, and the marble tomb of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe — who served at the court of Emperor Rudolf II and died in Prague in 1601.