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'''St. George's Convent''' ({{lang-cs|klášter svatého Jiří}}) was a community of [[Benedictines|Benedictine nuns]] located in [[Prague Castle]] in [[Bohemia]] (now the [[Czech Republic]]) between 973 and 1782.
Founded in 973,<ref>{{cite web |title=St. George's Basilica|url=https://www.hrad.cz/en/prague-castle-for-visitors/objects-for-visitors/st.-georges-basilica-and-convent-10333|website=hrad.cz|access-date=2023-12-18}}</ref> the abbey was next to the seat of ecclesiastical and state power in Bohemia and occasionally the entire [[Holy Roman Empire]], and played an important historical role.
Although no longer active, the nunnery's building and the attached [[St. George's Basilica, Prague|Basilica dedicated to Saint George]] still exist. The abbey building housed the [[National Gallery in Prague|Czech National Gallery]]'s collection of 19th-century Bohemian art for a long time.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hrad.cz/en/prague-castle/guidepost-for-visitors/st-georges-convent-collection-of-19th-century-art-in-bohemia.shtml | title = St. George's Convent: Collection of 19th-century Art in Bohemia | work = hrad.cz |access-date = 2011-01-01}}</ref> Currently, it is empty and is waiting for a renovation.
The abbess of this nunnery had the unusual privilege of crowning the Queen consort of Bohemia, inherited in 1782 by the Princess-Abbess of the [[Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies]].<ref name="coronations">{{cite journal |last1=Pacovský |first1=Karel |title=Úloha svatojiřských abatyší při korunovacích českých královen |journal=Folia Historica Bohemica |date=2017 |volume=32 |issue=1–2 |pages=151–178 |url=https://www.academia.edu/38173978 |trans-title=The Role of St. George's Abbesses in Coronations of Bohemian Queens |language=Czech}}</ref>
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