Dolany - Vallis Josaphat cartouche (monastery)

The full name of this interesting monument with an eventful history could be given as the ruins of the Vallis Josaphat Carthusian monastery with the Church of the Virgin Mary. It is located on the outskirts of the village of Dolany near Olomouc, which was first mentioned in writing in 1235. In 1379, the Carthusian order acquired Dolany, and seven years later the Olomouc chapter agreed to the relocation of the Litomyšl Carthusian monastery to Dolan. On…