About Czech Republic

RELIGIOUS SITES

Prague

On the territory of the capital there is the whole range of sacral monuments of various architectural styles and religions. The Cathedral of St.Vitus, St.Wenceslas and St.Adalbert are the most famous sacral monument in Prague and create the characteristic Prague dominant.

Brno

The Church of St.Peter and Paul from the 13th century is the dominant of Brno. It is situated on the hill Petrov at the place of the original Brno Castle from the 11th and 12th centuries.

Kutná Hora

The Cathedral of St.Barbora was originated in around 1380 and belongs to the most valuable monuments of the Gothic style in Bohemia. Peter Parléř realized the construction, which was completed in 1420, when the cathedral chancel with a circle of chapels was built.

Kutná Hora - Sedlec

The Chapel of All Saints was built on the cemetery of the Cistercians monastery in Sedlec around the year 1400.

Teplá

Czech nobleman Hroznata originated the monastery in Teplá as a compensation for the fact that the Pope freed him from the participation in the Third crusade. Hroznata invited the Premonstratensian monks from the Strahov monastery in Prague to come over.

Žďár nad Sázavou

In 1720 the abbot of the monastery in Žďár founded the pilgrimage Church on Zelená Hora (the Green Mountain) in order to commemorate the Czech martyr and the saint Jan Nepomucký.

Svatá Hora u Příbrami

Svatá Hora (the Holy Mountain) is the oldest and most important Marian place of pilgrimage in the Czech Republic. The chapel on Svatá Hora, originally a simple Early Renaissance building was built in the early 16th century.

Svatý Kopeček u Olomouce

The monumental Church of the Visitation of Our Lady on the hill Svatý Kopeček (the Holy Little Hill) is the dominant of the area. A rich wine merchant of Olomouc, Jan Andrejsek, promised to build a chapel on Svatý Kopeček, after the Holy Virgin Mary appeared in his dream.

Broumov

King Przemysl Otakar II donated the Broumov bulge to the Brevnov Benedictines in 1213. After the year 1322 Benedictine provostship was originated in Broumov and at the place of the Gothic castle began the construction of the Benedictine monastery.

Kladruby

The Kladruby monastery is one of the oldest Czech monasteries. Prince Vladislav originated it in 1114 on the place worshiped as the centre of faith, culture and economy of the western Bohemian borderland. The Romanesque three-nave basilica was completed in the year 1233 and at that time it was the biggest in Bohemia. Even today it belongs to the three largest Czech cathedrals. In course of time the monastery became rich and powerful and several times it was housing the Emperor Charles IV.

Trebic

Třebíč is the town of uncommon religious sights; the most famous is the Roman-Gothic Basilica of St.Procope. The abbot cathedral, originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was constructed since the first half of the 13th century as a part of the Benedictine monastery, which was originated in 1101 in Třebíč.

Velká Lhota

Velká Lhota is exceptional by two evangelic churches facing each other, with chalices on their towers. Since 1918 both belong to the Czech Brethren Evangelic Church, which was originated from the connection of the Lutheran and Reformed churches.

Bohosudov

The pilgrimage complex in Bohosudov was originated at the place, where the figure of Our Lady of Unceasing Succour was found.

Doksany

Near the river Ohře and the Terezín Town on the busy road from Prague to Dresden, is situated one of the most valuable monasteries in the Czech Republic. Princess Gertruda, the wife of Czech King Vladislav II, originated the convent in the mid-12th century and presented it to the Order of Premonstratensian nuns.

Guty

The wooden Church of Corpus Christi belongs to the oldest religious folk buildings in the foothills of Beskydy.

Hejnice

“Czech Mariazell” - it is the name of the pilgrimage place in the valley of Jizerské hory at the border of three countries – the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.

Holešov

The Šach Synagogue in Holešov belongs to the world unique. It is the only preserved synagogue of the so-called Polish type, which is characteristic with floral decoration, fruit or animal motives.

Hostýn

Svatý Hostýn is the most frequently visited pilgrimage place of Moravia. Franciscus Antonius of Rottal built the pilgrimage cathedral in 1721-1748 in the Baroque style.

Kuks

Count F. A. Špork had the large resort with spas built in the beautiful foothills of the Krkonoše Mountains. These days the hospital building of the Brothers of mercy and the Church of the Holy Trinity have preserved together with the Špork family tomb and the staircase with water cascade.

Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem

The wooden church from the late 17th and the early 18th century from the village Hlíňanec, the place that used to be a part of Sub-Carpathian Ukraine, is a typical example of Sub-Carpathian-Ukrainian religious architecture.

Levý Hradec

Levý Hradec was inhabited in the 7th century. In the 9th century the Przemyslids built a princely castle with fortifications.

Litoměřice

In the year 1057 Czech Duke Spytihněv II originated the chapter with a Romanesque basilica on the Dómský hill. Later the basilica was rebuilt in the Gothic style.

Mariánská Týnice

The beginning of the pilgrimage place in Maránská Týnice goes back to the year 1230 and is connected with the activities of the Cistercian monastery in Plasy.

Mikulov

The Mikulov Town is characterized by its panorama of the Baroque chateau , Renaissance spire of the Church of St. Wenceslas and by the Holy Hill on the foothills of Pavlovské vrchy. It boasts of a lot of significant religious sights.

Milevsko

The monastery in Milevsko belongs to the most valuable sights of the Czech Romanesque architecture. The rich magnate George of Milevsko originated the first monastery in the south Bohemia in 1187. The friars came from the Premonstratensian monastery in Želiv to Milevsko.

Most

The decanal Church of the Assumption of Our Lady together with the Hněvín castle creates the dominant of the town Most. It is not far from the place where the original royal town Most was situated.

Olomouc

The most significant sacral building of Olomouc is the Church of St. Wenceslas from the year 1109. It was rebuilt in 1883-1890 in the Neo-Gothic style.

Osek

The monastery in Osek was originated in the late 12th century. The first Cistercians came to Osek in the year 1199.

Plasy

Czech Prince Vladislav II originated the monastery in Plasy in 1144 as a consisting part of his tendencies to colonize uninhabited territories of the state in the early Middle Ages.

Říp

Říp is the best-known Czech mountain. According to the legend the primal father Čech (Czech) brought his folk to Říp and settled here thanks to the fertile land.

Vyšší Brod

Vyšší Brod is situated on the embankment of the Vltava River, about 30 km from Český Krumlov. In the 13th century Czech magnate Peter Vok I of Rosenberg originated the Cistercian monastery.

Zlatá Koruna

The monastery Zlatá Koruna (Golden Crown) is situated on the headland surrounded by the stream of the river Vltava near Český Krumlov. The former abbey in Zlatá Koruna belongs to the best preserved Cistercian monasteries in the Czech Republic.