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Pilgrimage Places
In Central Moravia, pilgrim´s journeys to holy places are a live manifestation of spiritual life. The pilgrimage tradion of the attractiveness of pilgrimage places appeal not only to practising Catholics but also to irreligious visitors.
Pilgrimage church of the Purification of the Virgin Mary
Dub nad Moravou
According to legend, people began to congregate at the pilgrimage church of the Purification of the Virgin Mary due to a wooden painting of the Virgin Mary which would shine during the night.
Chapel of St. Anthony in Krakovec
Laškov
This picturesque baroque chapel of St. Anthony in Krakovec came into existence in the second half of the 17th century as the work of an unknown Italian architect. It has been a well known pilgrimage site for several centuries.
The church of St. Anne - Stará Voda
Město Libavá
The church is located in the Libavá military zone. The tradition of pilgrimages to Stará Voda on the feast of St. Anne go back to the beginning of the 16th century. The church was originally a Baroque building with a twin tower with five bells, a courtyard and covered cloisters with stations of the Cross. Unfortunately, the final pilgrimage took place in 1949 and the entire area was closed off for military purposes. The picturesque village of Stará Voda was closed up and gradually levelled. The church gradually decayed. The situation changed only after the Soviet armada left. The church area was made accessible and its gradual reconstruction begun. The first pilgrimage thereafter took place on 28 September 1991.
The Church of the Visitation of Virgin Mary
Olomouc
Thousands of pilgrims have winded their way to the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary on Svatý Kopeček and it up until today ranks among the most well-known and most frequently visited pilgrimage sites in the Czech Republic. The church was built by the Premonstratensians in the 17th and 18th centuries on the site of a chapel which had been destroyed by the Swedes.
Small Church
Hranice
The small Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary is a popular pilgrimage site located 2 km east of the town of Hranice. The church grounds include a cemetery with 14 Stations of the Cross, a Late-Renaissance gate, the early Baroque Chapel of St Anthony of Padua, and the Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary with the Mary Magdalene Chapel. Mass is held three times a year.
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This project is co-financed by the European Union and the Olomouc region.
