Landmarks Plaque column Plaque column in the Marian Square has been built in 1718-1721 by sculptor Antonin Riga to express the gratitude of the inhabitants of the town after the plague epidemic in 1715 had been warded off. Distance from the -200 m. |
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A complex of Jesuit buildings A complex of Jesuit buildings in Masaryk Square consists of a former Jesuit college (built in 1654-1662), the building of the former grammar school (built up in 1724-1729) with a new theatre and concert hall called the Reduta and the St. Francis Xaverius Church (built up by Jan Jeroným Caneval in 1670-1685 by the project of Dominik Orsi). The whole complex was built in the baroque style and some very famous artists, for example the painters Jan Jiří Heintsch, Ignac Raab and the sculptor Ondřej Schweigel took part in its building and decoration. Distance from the hotel - 400 m. | |
A Virgin Mary Annunciation Church
A Virgin Mary Annunciation Church is a part of the Franciscan monastery complex. The original gothic church was built at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. The only original parts surviving are the peripheral walls with gothic pointed arched windows and the supporting pillars by the presbytery. The Franciscan monastery complex was found in 1491 and rebuilt in the baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century. The most important room of the monastery is a refectory with an extra ordinary art decoration built-up by Italian artist from Baltazar Fontana constituency. Distance from the hotel - 300 m. | |
St. Sebastian Chapel St. Sebastian Chapel was built in 1715 by the imperial military garrison in memory of the great plague. Our guests can view this interesting monument right from the windows of the hotel because it is a part of Palacký Square. | |
Synagogue
Synagogue was built in 1875 in a historicist eclectic style, in 1904 was rebuilt in the Art Nouveaue style with the addition of an arched copula. In the Second World War, it was ransacked and set alight by the Nazis. After the war, it was renovated and used for cultural purposes. From the year 1967, it is a site of the Bedřich Buchlovan town Library. Distance from the hotel - 200 m. | |