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.

After its consecrating the cathedral was abolished by Joseph II and desecrated. The activity of the place was revived in the years 1841-1845. The coronation of Our Lady of Svatý Hostýn in 1912 was the event of great importance. On the occasion of the seventy years anniversary of the coronation the pilgrimage church obtained the status “basilica minor”.