Tomb of Queen Judith at Teplice Chateau

A new exhibition, which presents a tomb of Queen Judith, you can visit at Teplice Chateau.

The exhibition will take you through the turn of 12th and 13th century. The original exposed brickwork is presented in a floor through the glazed and spotlighted vistas.

The exposition is located in reconstructed interiors of the so-called Romanesque wing of the Teplice Chateau, which was created in the first period of the 13th century as part of the female Benedictine monastery, founded about 1160 by Judith, queen of Bohemia, a wife of King Vladislav II. and the mother of Premysl Otakar I.
Judith had primarily merit in a construction of the oldest stone bridge in Bohemia across the river Vltava, which took name for her and was placed in the site of today's Charles Bridge.

In the middle of 1950s an archaeological research was made on the inner courtyard of the Teplice Chateau and in the isolated area near a crypt of the Romanesque basilica was found a skeleton of unknown women. According to the assumptions and a detailed survey of genetic characteristics the skull belonged to the queen Judith.

A special atmosphere to the new exposure adds a day light, which shines into the interior of only a few original Romanesque windows of different shapes.

Teplice Chateau has been a seat of Teplice Regional Museum since 1947. On the first floor there are located exhibits focused on the prehistory of north-western Bohemia, art of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods, the spa and the development of ceramic production in the region. There is also a permanent exhibition of clocks, numismatic cabinet, and there are open some chateau interiors with contemporary furnishings. To a visitor´s tour is included the inner courtyard with a marked layout of the monastery basilica and rarely preserved Romanesque crypt.

Open year round Sat - Sun 10:00 am - 12:00 am, 01:00 pm - 05:00 pm