Broumov monastery
Broumov Monastery, Broumov City, Kralovegradets Territory, Czech Republic
Description:
Broome Monastery is a national monument founded in 1322 by the Order of St. Benedict. The monastery is located near the Polish border in the northeast of the Czech Republic. After the partial destruction of the original monastery and the church of St. Adalbert, a new complex was built in 1420. The greatest contribution to the restoration of the monastery was made by the architect Ignatius Dienzenhofer and his father Christopher Dienzenhofer.
The monastery is built in Baroque style. The interior of the monastery is decorated with frescoes, statues of saints, balustrades. The replica of the Shroud of Turin is one of the main attractions.
You can walk through the garden of Broumovsky Monastery in the Baroque style, which is located in the city of Broumov.
The monastery garden is always open to visitors, there are flight concerts of classical music and coffee. Broumovsky monastery is ideal for detachment from the worldly bustle, walks with children. There are also excursions to the monastery garden, which grows exotic trees brought from China and Japan and have an interesting history. During the communist dictatorship, the period from 1948 to 1989 was a difficult period for the monastery. Its buildings were disintegrating, and especially the monastery library suffered irreparable damage.