Velehrad Basilica - monastery, lapidary, catacombs

The Velehrad Monastery was founded by Moravian Margrave Vladislav Jindřich with his brother Přemysl Otakar I and Bishop Robert of Olomouc. The construction of the church was probably started in the years 1210-1215. The ninety-nine meter long building was laid out on the floor plan of a Latin cross. In 1421, the Moravian Hussites from Nedakonic burned the Velehrad Abbey. The monastery fell into disrepair for 150 years. He took on the difficult task of restoration until…