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For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp288–91 and pp292–5
P Ulice Horní
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Located off the market
square, ulice Horní was once
termi nated by a town gate
that was demolished in 1839.
At No. 159 is the chaplaincy
that was built between 1514
and 1520, with a beautiful
Gothic gable and Renaissance
window jambs. At No. 155 is
the former prelature, built in
the 14th century and remod-
elled several times since.
Adjoining it is the former Jesuit
College at No. 154, designed
by Baldassare Maggi and
now a hotel. At No. 152, the
Regional Museum (Regionální
muzeum) has on display a
fascinating scale model of
the town in 1800.P Latrán
The old quarter of Latrán
was once a village inhabited
by craftsmen and merchants,
who provided services for thethe shape of octagonal stars.
Gothic wall paintings dating
from 1430 including St
Elizabeth with a beggar, St
Katherine, The Crucifixion, St
Veronica and Mary Magdalene,
can be seen on the north wall
of the side aisle. The church
once housed the Krumlov
Madonna (1390), regarded by
many as the finest example of
the International Gothic style.
It is now displayed in the Art
History Museum in Vienna.
Its 15th-century replica can
be seen in the National
Gallery in Prague.giving for sparing the town
from an outbreak of plague in- Matthäus Jäckel, a
Prague sculptor, placed a
statue of the Madonna at
the top of the column.
At the foot of the
col umn, in one of
the niches, is a
figure of St Roch,
the saint invoked
for pro tection
against this disease.
R Church of
St Vitus
ulice Horni.
The Church of St Vitus
(Chŕam sv Víta) provides a
vis ual counter balance to the
lofty tower of the Krumlov
Castle. Dating from the early
15th cen tury, and built on the
site of an earlier church, this
triple-aisled Gothic edifice has
one of the oldest exam ples of
net vaulting in Europe. The
sanctuary by the north wall of
the presbytery is a splendid
example of stonemasonry
dating from about 1500. The
early-Baroque high altar, made
between 1673 and 1683, has
paintings depicting St Vitus
and the coronation of the
Virgin Mary. The late-Gothic
porch has an unusual vault inE Egon Schiele Centre
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A former brewery
building, not far from
Concord Square, this
centre (Egon Schiele
Centrum) now
houses a gallery
devoted to Austrian
artist Egon Schiele
(1890–1918), who
lived in Český
Krumlov in 1911. On
display are water-
colours and drawings,
including several
famous male and
female nudes which in
Schiele’s day caused a
scandal. He was dri ven out of
the town for employ ing
young local girls to pose for
him. There are also temporary
exhibitions of con temporary
works on display.
P Concord Square
The most imposing building
in this market square (Náměstí
Svornosti) is the Town Hall
(radnice). It was created in
the mid-15th century by com-
bining two Gothic houses.
The Marian Plague Column at
the centre of the square was
erected in 1716 as a thanks-
A well-preserved medieval town, Český Krumlov is
one of the most visited places in the Czech Republic.
Founded in the 13th century, it belonged to the
Rožmberk Dynasty between 1302 and 1611. It was
added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in
- The historic town centre is situated on the rocky
banks of the sharply meandering Vltava river. The Inner
Town (Vnitřní Město), with its market square, Town Hall
and Church of St Vitus, is located on the right bank.
Český Krumlov 9
The imposing nave of the Church
of St VitusPart of the façade of the former Jesuit College in ulice Horní
Coat of arms on
the Town Hall