Brzewnov monastery

Brzewnov Monastery is the first Benedictine Monastery in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 993 by decree of the Prague Bishop of Vojtec and the Czech Prince Boleslav II. During the war with the Hussites, the monastery suffered greatly, in the XVIII century there was an extensive reconstruction of the object. The buildings were renovated and rebuilt in the Baroque style.

The monastery includes: the Church of St. Margaret, a three-storey building of the prepatura, outbuildings, the Chapel of St. Joseph, the gate decorated with the sculpture of St. Benedict, and a beautiful garden. In the building of the prepature there is the Theresian Hall, in which the painting of the XVIII century has been preserved.