Czech Countryside Tour From Prague: Zelena Hora in Zdar and Cervena Lhota - UNESCO
Prague, Czech Republic
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 10 hours
Visit the monuments inscribed on the UNESCO Heritage List, on which the Czech republic has 12 monuments in total.
Visit the pilgrimage site Zelená Hora. You will get to know the part of the UNESCO Heritage.
Visit the pilgrimage site Zelená Hora. You will get to know the part of the UNESCO Heritage.
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Visit the monuments inscribed on the UNESCO Heritage List, on which the Czech republic has 12 monuments in total.
Visit the pilgrimage site Zelená Hora. You will get to know the part of the UNESCO Heritage. Our team pick up you at 8:30 am at your hotel in Prague and than will go to lovely trip trough the Czech countryside. First of all visit will be a lovely chateau Červená Lhota which is formered fortress and was constructed in the middle of the 14th century. The first written mention are from 1465. After exploring a nice architecture of chateau will move to Zelená Hora.This place is famous for the extraordinary building of pilgrimage Church of St. Jan of Nepomuk. The pilgrimage Church of St. Jan of Nepomuk originated thanks to the cooperation of the two important men – the abbot of the Žďár monastery, Václav Vejmluva, and the genius architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. The impulse behind the construction of the church was the reveal of preserved tissue in the grave of Jan of Nepomuk in St. Vitus Cathedral in 1719. A legend says that the priest gave his life for keeping a confession secret of queen Žofie.
Than will take a lunch in local restaurant where you can try a typical czech cuisine. After lunch will make a visit of the town Ždár nad Sázavou where you visit the most interesting places connected with an extraordinary architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. You will get to know the life of the Cistercian monks, you will enter the personal house of an abbot a prelature, you will visit the Basilica of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, you will visit the dormitories of the monks – a convent, you will see the well chapel and former hatcheries from the 13th century. Our last stop will be the Church of St. Jacob which was built in the 12th century and is one of a kind in the Czech Republic. The church has a rectangular nave ended with apses and distinctly tall tower at the west end. The south side is the most remarkable, as it is richly decorated with romanic sculptures. This decoration is the biggest preserved set of romanic sculptures in the country. After all day exploring will go back to Prague where we can drop off you at your hotel or in other place in centre of Prague.
Visit the pilgrimage site Zelená Hora. You will get to know the part of the UNESCO Heritage. Our team pick up you at 8:30 am at your hotel in Prague and than will go to lovely trip trough the Czech countryside. First of all visit will be a lovely chateau Červená Lhota which is formered fortress and was constructed in the middle of the 14th century. The first written mention are from 1465. After exploring a nice architecture of chateau will move to Zelená Hora.This place is famous for the extraordinary building of pilgrimage Church of St. Jan of Nepomuk. The pilgrimage Church of St. Jan of Nepomuk originated thanks to the cooperation of the two important men – the abbot of the Žďár monastery, Václav Vejmluva, and the genius architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. The impulse behind the construction of the church was the reveal of preserved tissue in the grave of Jan of Nepomuk in St. Vitus Cathedral in 1719. A legend says that the priest gave his life for keeping a confession secret of queen Žofie.
Than will take a lunch in local restaurant where you can try a typical czech cuisine. After lunch will make a visit of the town Ždár nad Sázavou where you visit the most interesting places connected with an extraordinary architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. You will get to know the life of the Cistercian monks, you will enter the personal house of an abbot a prelature, you will visit the Basilica of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas, you will visit the dormitories of the monks – a convent, you will see the well chapel and former hatcheries from the 13th century. Our last stop will be the Church of St. Jacob which was built in the 12th century and is one of a kind in the Czech Republic. The church has a rectangular nave ended with apses and distinctly tall tower at the west end. The south side is the most remarkable, as it is richly decorated with romanic sculptures. This decoration is the biggest preserved set of romanic sculptures in the country. After all day exploring will go back to Prague where we can drop off you at your hotel or in other place in centre of Prague.
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