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Bethlehem Chapel
The chapel was built at the end of the 14th. century in the period of the biggest prosperity in 1402-1412. Mr. Jan Hus used to sermon there and it ...
Břevnov Monastery
The first male monastery in Bohemia was founded by Boleslav II. and St. Vojtěch in 993 and served as an important religious and cultural centre in ...
Cistercian Monastery in Vyšší Brod
The Cistercian Monastery was founded in 1259 by Petr Vok from Rožmberk and it belongs to the most beautiful and most preserved monasteries in the ...
Clam-Gallas Palace
The enormous Clam-Gallas Palace in Husova (Jan Hus) Street in the Old Town straddles the crossroads of a vital medieval communication, also known as ...
Loreta
It is a famous Czech pilgrim place, which heart is the replica of Svatá Chýše (Saint Cottage) – a house, which is said to have belonged to the Virgin ...
Outlook tower at St. Jacob´s church
The tower's gallery is 40 meters above the ground (556 m. above sea level) and offers a view over a wide area of the countryside surrounding Jihlava. ...
Premonstratensian Monastery in Želiv
Together with the Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, the Premonstratensian Monastery was founded in the first half of the 12th. century. The ...
Prämonstratenkloster in Teplá
Als Perle des um 1193 gegründeten Klosters kann man vor allem die Klosterbibliothek mit ihren 100 000 Bänden, worunter viele kostbaren Handschriften ...
St George's Convent
Prince Vratislav I founded a church in the eastern part of Prague Castle in 921. The building was first consecrated in 925, when Prince Václav laid ...
St. Martin in the Wall Church
St. Martin Church was built in 1178 - 1187 in the settlement Újezd, which extended then in this area. After the church had been dedicated to St. ...
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the most important temple in Prague. Situated in the chancel of the cathedral, in front of the high alter, is ...
Strahov Monastery
Strahov Monastery with the Church of the Virgin Mary was founded in 1140 and the Strahov canon of premonstrats belongs to the oldest monasteries of ...
Svatý Jan pod Skalou
The pilgrim Church of the Birth of St. John the Baptist is situated close to Beroun. In this church we can find a tomb of a Croatian hermit called ...
Tetín
Tetín is considered to be one of the first places inhabited by the first Christians in Bohemia. Also St. Ludmila with her grandson St. Wenceslas are ...
The Church of St. Nicholas
The Church of St. Nicholas is one of the oldest churches in the Old Town area of Prague. It is mentioned in sources as early as 1273. It was ...
The Teyn Church
The Church of Our Lady before Týn (Týnský chrám) is without doubt the most important ecclesiastical building on the right bank of the river Vltava. ...
Valdštejn Palace
Vast, early Baroque palace complex, built in 1621-1626 for Emperor Albrecht from Valdštejn. The first monumental secular Baroque building in Prague ...
Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad, the rock above the river with its dark outline of slender spires, is an inseparable part of the Prague skyline. The traditions of this ...
Zlatá Koruna (Golden Crown) Monastery
This fortified Cistercian Monastery, founded in 1263 by King Přemysl Otakar II. in a picturesque meander of the river Vltava, was named after a gift ...
