Brno Sights

  1. Capuchin Monastery

    From the main train station, Masarykova leads to Kapucínské náměstí. At No 5 is the Church of the Holy Cross (kostel sv Kříže) and the adjoining and gruesomely compelling Capuchin Monastery.

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  2. Capuchin Monastery Crypt

    The Capuchin monastery's ghoulish attraction is the dry, well-ventilated Capuchin Monastery Crypt with the natural ability to turn dead bodies into mummies. Up to 150 cadavers were deposited here prior to 1784, and the desiccated corpses include 18th-century monks, abbots and local notables, from a nameless 12-year-old ministrant to hard-working chimney sweeper Barnabas Orelli, still wearing his boots.

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  3. Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul

    From the top of Zelný trh, Petrská climbs Petrov hill, site of the gargantuan Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul. Ascend its tower for great views of Brno, or descend into its forlorn crypt.

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  4. Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul Crypt

    From the top of Zelný trh, Petrská climbs Petrov hill, site of the gargantuan Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul (katedrála sv Petra a Pavla). Ascend the tower for great views of Brno, or descend into its forlorn Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul Crypt.

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  5. Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul Tower

    From the top of Zelný trh, Petrská climbs Petrov hill, site of the gargantuan Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul (katedrála sv Petra a Pavla). Ascend the Cathedral of SS Peter & Paul Tower for great views of Brno, or descend into its forlorn crypt (krypta).

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  6. Church of St Joseph

    To the east of the main shopping street, Masarykova, is a brace of churches. On Josefská is the Church of St Joseph, first consecrated in 1674.

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  7. Church of St Mary Magdalene

    To the east of the main shopping street, Masarykova, is a brace of churches. The Church of St Mary Magdalene on Františkánská stands on the former site of a synagogue.

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  8. Church of St Thomas

    The Church of St Thomas, with a soaring nave in the purest Gothic style, abuts a 14th-century Augustinian monastery that today houses a branch of the Moravian gallery.

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  9. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin

    Over Špilberk hill from the old town, on the corner of Úvoz and Pekařská, is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, Brno's finest late-Gothic building. Inside is the oldest painting on wood in the Czech Republic, the 13th-century black Madonna (černá Madona).

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  10. Church of the Holy Cross

    From the main train station, Masarykova leads to Kapucínské náměstí. At No 5 is the Church of the Holy Cross and the adjoining and gruesomely compelling Capuchin monastery (Kapucínský klášter).

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  12. Minorite Monastery

    On Minoritská (off Orlí) is the church of St John (kostel sv Janů) and the Minorite Monastery founded in 1230. (The Minorites are the only order in Moravia still in their original quarters.)

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