Sázavský monastery

The monastery, which was later rebuilt into a castle, located in the town with the river of the same name. The Sázava Monastery is considered a center of Slavic education. There have been mentions of the monastery since 1023, and in that year it was elevated to a Benedictine monastery. The founder Prokop tried to preserve the Cyril and Methodius tradition. However, the monks were expelled before the end of the 11th century and the monastery became only latin…