The Břevnov Monastery was founded in 993 by St. Adalbert and the duke
Boleslav II. St.Adalbert brought the monks of the St.Benedict order from the
Roman monastery at Aventine. The monastery was consecrated to St.Benedict and
so the more than thousand-year history of the oldest contemporary friary
began in Bohemia.
The medieval configuration
of the monastery was totally supressed by later modifications. Today’s
monastery is a vast two-storey complex with three yards in the high-baroque style.
Many areas modified in the
baroque or classicism style were preserved in the interior. Of them, the Theresian Hall excels with its
beautiful frescos on the ceiling and two marble fireplaces.
In 993, St.Adalbert as the
Prague archbishop and Boleslav II as the Czech duke founded the Břevnov
monastery. In
the years 1035-1089, under the abbot Menhart, a stone church was built the
patrons of which were St. Albert, St.Boniface and St.Benedict). The remains of its crypt
have been preserved up to the present time. In Břevnov, hermit Vintíř
(Guntherus, died 1045) was buried and his local cult started to develop.
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