Former monastery in central Bohemia. It is most famous for its founder, Saint Procopius, as well as one of the symbols of the Old Church Slavonic cultural tradition in Bohemia. It was inscribed on the list of national cultural monuments in 1962.
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.
A well-preserved castle in the eponymous town at the confluence of the rivers Otava and Volyňka. It represents a combination, unique in the Czech Republic, of an aristocratic castle and a church commandry, a fortified residence of a chivalric order which partially had the status of a monastery.
Ruin of a Gothic castle and one of the dominating features of Bohemian Paradise. Its unmistakable silhouette makes it one of the most famous and visited castle ruins in the Czech Republic.
Gothic church near the Old Town Square in Prague. Because of its distinctive front with grandiose towers, it is a dominant feature of the Old Town and after Prague Castle one of the most famous and most frequently depicted Prague buildings.
Late Gothic representative hall in the Old Royal Palace at Prague Castle, in which sessions and ceremonial events of state importance are held. It is one of the most magnificent works of Central European Late Gothic architecture.
Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod, with a preserved Gothic core and important art collections, the only currently active Cistercian monastery in the Czech Republic.
Ruins of an Early Gothic castle above the confluence of Vltava and Otava in South Bohemian Region. Because of its architectural features it is called “the king of Czech castles”.
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