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The Chapel of All Saints was built on the cemetery of the Cistercians monastery in Sedlec around the year 1400. Abbot Henry brought some soil from Jerusalem and spread it on the ground of the cemetery, which got the fame of the Holy Land. That was the reason why not only the local people, but also the Germans, Poles and Belgians were buried here. In 1318 thirty thousand people , who died...
Levý Hradec was inhabited in the 7th century. In the 9th century the Przemyslids built a princely castle with fortifications. Prince Bořivoj, the first historically provable Czech Prince, was the ruler here. He originated the oldest church in Bohemia, the pre-Romanesque Rotunda of St. Clement, shortly after he was baptized at King Svatopluk in the Great Moravia. Therefore Levy Hradec is sometimes...
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. After the bishopric was originated here in 1655, the original church was rebuilt into a bishop’s residence with the Baroque three-nave Cathedral of St. Stephen. The cathedral is connected with its spire by an arcade, the spire is built...
The Church of St. Nicholas is one of the top works of the Late Czech Gothic. Architect Benedict Rejt rebuilt the originally Gothic church in the years 1519-1538. At the end of the 19th century it was rebuilt in the Gothic style again. Among other sacral monuments we should mention the Church of St. Peter from the 14th century, the Church of Our Lady from the late 15th century, the churches of...
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. The vigour of the place began in the second half of the 17th century, when the provostship was originated here and the original church was enlarged. In 1711 the foundation stone of the future pilgrimage Church of the Annunciation of Our...
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. In 1623 Cardinal Dietrichstein initiated the construction of the Chapel of St. Sebastian on the Holy Hill (formerly Tanzberg) as a protection against...
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. In the following period the monastery belonged to the richest ones in Bohemia and was the centre of the economic and...
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. In 1964 the town was decided for liquidation. Moving to another place saved only the Late Gothic church. Jacob Hillman of Schweinfurt was its author. The church was shifted in 1975 by the speed of ...
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. Other important sights of Olomouc are The Archbishop´s Palace, Hradisko - the oldest Moravian monastery in the superb of Olomouc, and the St. Maurice´s Church – the biggest Gothic church in Moravia from the 15th-16th centuries, famous with its organ...
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady is the dominant of the town. The Order of German Knights built it in the 14th century in the style of Silesian Brick Gothic. Among other interesting medieval sacral buildings in Opava are : the former Dominican Church of St.Wenceslas – a three-nave basilica with preserved remains of interesting frescoes, and the Minorite monastery with the Church...
The monastery in Osek was originated in the late 12th century. The first Cistercians came to Osek in the year 1199. The monastery complex was gradually enlarged in the style of Burgundian Gothic and soon it became cultural and economic centre of the region. It got the recent appearance after the Baroque reconstruction in 1712-1718. The interior was decorated with the paintings by Václav...
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. The extensive medieval construction of the church became extinct in the grand Baroque reconstruction by Giovanni B. Santini and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. Chancellor Metternich realised the last changes in the...
The dominant of the city of Plzeň is the spire of the Church of St. Bartholomew – the highest spire (103 m) in the Czech Republic. The pilgrims come here to visit the Madonna of Pilsen, the Gothic sculpture placed on the main altar. According to the legend, a blind man made this medieval work of so-called „beautiful style“. The legend says that the Virgin Mary asked him to make the sculpture and was...
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. The Emperor Charles IV had it constructed as the central cathedral at the place of two older sanctuaries in the...
The Bethlehem chapel has a unique place in the history of Prague. Since the early 15th century Jan Hus, the university master preached here. So the chapel became the symbol of the Hussite movement in Bohemia. It was originated already in 1391 as a place for local preaching in Czech with the capacity of uptill 3000 persons. It represented a typical preaching space of an...
Prague Bishop Adalbert and Czech Prince Boleslav II originated the Břevnov monastery, the first men’s Benedictine monastery in Bohemia in the years 992-993. In the 13th century a part of the relics of St. Marguerite were transported to the monastery, which gave the name to the place. The monastery became a significant religious and cultural institution with an extensive library. Baroque architect...
The church of St. Nicholas was built in the first half of the 18th century by the father-and-son architects Christoph and Kilian Dientzenhofer in the style of High Baroque. In the rich interior decoration dominated the fresco by J.L.Kracker with a motive from the life of St. Nicholas, sculptures in above-life size by I.F.Platzer and paintings by Karel Škréta. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played the...
The cathedral of St. Vítus, Wenceslas and Adalbert is the most famous sacral monument in Prague and creates its characteristic dominant. Originally there was a pre-Romanesque rotunda, founded by prince Václav (Wenceslas), who was also buried here. Prince Spytihněv had the rotunda demolished in 1060 and built a three-nave basilica, which had been standing here till 1344. Emperor Charles IV initiated...
The monumental complex of Clementinum, by its two hectares the second largest after the Prague Castle, used to be lively educational and cultural centre. In the 11th century the Church of St. Clement was here, in the year 1232 the Dominicans took over the church and built a monastery out of it. In 1555 the Jesuits came to Prague. They bought the building of the monastery together with the attached...
Kateřina of Lobkowicz, the wife of Vilém Popel of Lobkowitz, initiated the construction of the Loreto in 1626, inspired by the Italian Santa Casa of Loreto. The Capuchins took over the administration of the pilgrimage place. They built the first monastery in Bohemia in the neighbourhood of the Loreto. After the Chapel of the Nativity was enlarged, it became the largest sanctuary of the whole Loreto...
The Czech Republic’s mountains offer high-quality conditions for downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, and plenty of other activities. Another truly big attraction associated with winter sports is relaxation in the spas. Even families with children will be completely thrilled in the Czech Republic’s mountains. 
Anyone who enjoyed playing at soldiers as a kid, who loves history, or who just wants to see something special should certainly head for the South Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna at the end of November. Here, the re enactment of the famous Battle of the Three Emperors will take place. Nearly a thousand enthusiasts will do battle in period uniforms.
Imaginative, amusing, splendid… and fun for everyone. With such words, one can describe the offer of New Year’s programmes in the metropolis as well as other places in the Czech Republic. Organisers have arranged events for families with children, young people, sportsmen and all those wanting to treat themselves to something special. Here is our New Year’s menu. 