Unique cemetery chapel whose interior is decorated with human bones. Artistically exceptional type of ossuary, a sacred building for storing skeletal remains. One of the unique architectural projects by Santini, a Baroque Gothic architect.
The oldest Premonstratensian abbey in the Czech Republic and a magnificent monument of Prague medieval and modern era architecture. It contains one of the most valuable and best preserved historical libraries in the country.
Extensive Early Baroque complex above the town of Příbram in Central Bohemian Region. It is one of the most prominent pilgrimage sites in Bohemia.
Castle converted in a fortified Baroque citadel and one of the dominating features of the city of Brno. It became historically famous as one of the most feared prisons in the Habsburg Monarchy.
Swiss-Italian architect who had a large influence on Moravian Baroque. He was the first to bring to Moravia Italian architecture of the time in its integral form and designed some of the most famous Moravian buildings.
Baroque chateau above the eponymous south Moravian town, famous for its picturesque location on a steep cliff and the impressive Ancestors’ Hall.
Exceptionally spacious aristocratic palace from the first half of the 17th century and the first Early Baroque monumental building in Prague. It currently houses the Senate of the Czech Republic.
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