The complex of Jesuit structures at Masaryk square consists of the Jesuit dormitory built in 1654 – 1662, St. Francis Xaverius parish church and a grammar school building with theatre hall (Reduta) built in 1724 – 1729.
The St. Francis Xaverius church at the Masaryk square was built by Jan Jeroným Caneval in the years 1670 –1685 after a project by Dominik Orsi. Its interior features baroque paintings by Jan Jiří Heintsch and Ignác Raab and statues by Ondřej Schweigl. The last reconstruction of the church took place in 1998.
In 1724-1729, the Jesuits built a seminary school next to the church, which included theater and concert halls. This Baroque house, now known as Reduta (“ridotto”) underwent a complex reconstruction in 1996-2001 and now serves as a concert and theater venue. Its courtyard is graced with monumental sculptures by Otmar Oliva and a sculpture by Petr Novák called A Tribute to P. Felix Kadlinský SJ.
The Virgin Mary Annunciation church is a part of the Franciscan monastery complex. The church was built at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. The only original parts that survived the radical reconstruction in the 17th and 18th centuries are its peripheral walls and presbytery. The church was damaged by the flood of 1997, its reconstruction was finished in 2003.
The Franciscan monastery was founded in Uherské Hradiště by the Bishop Jan Filipec in 1491. It acquired its Baroque appearance in the early 18th century. The most important room of the monastery is its refectory with with outstanding artistic decoration by an Italian artist from the Baldassare Fontana circle. The refectory was expensively reconstructed, finishing in the spring of 2000.
The St. Elisabeth chapel coming from the early 15th century. It boasts a preserved Gothic presbytery with cross arches and outer supporting pilots. The baroque entrance was added during a Baroque reconstruction in the 17th century. Following a large-scale reconstruction in 1995, the building was turned into a pharmacy.
The St. Sebastian chapel was built in 1715 by imperial garrison as a gesture of thanksgiving for the averting of the plague epidemic. In 1969, it was moved several meters away from its original site and placed on a newly constructed foundation.
The Marian plague column is yet another monument commemorating the plague epidemics that swept through the town. It was built in 1718 - 1721 by Brno sculptor Antonín Riga. The top of the column features a sculpture of Immaculate Virgin Mary, while the sides of the pedestal bear sculptures of St. Charles of Boromej, St. Francis Xaverius, St. Florian and St. Peter of Alcantara. Also, there is a sculpture of St. Rosalie in the front side cavity.
The building of the hotel Slunce („the Sun“) is the only preserved Renaissance building in the town. It was built in 1578. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the house was owned by the Velehrad monastery, which adapted it into a salt storage. Later, since the second half of the 19th century, it had been known as the “Golden Sun” Inn. The building was thoroughly reconstructed in 2002-2003, resulting in today’s Hotel and Arcade Slunce.
The Golden Crown pharmacy served its purpose as early as the end of the 17th century. In the second quarter of the 18th century, the two original burgher houses that stood here were rebuilt in Baroque style. In 1884, they were connected with a pseudo-renaissance facade with stucco graffito decoration. The original decorations of the interior was partly preserved; the ceiling frescos by Josef Ignác Sadler with succo date back to the 18th century.
The Baroque fountain at the Masaryk square was created in the 1st quarter of the 18th century by Olomouc sculptor Václav Render. The original fountain was moved to the yard of municipal Gallery in 1979. Its place was taken by a copy.
The Baroque fountain at the Marian square dates back to the late 17th century. It was sculpted by Karel Josef Rossi.
The building of today’s Town hall at the Masaryk square was built by the Municipal Savings Bank in 1891 – 1893 after the plans of Brno architects Vojtěch Dvořák and Karel Welzl. The ceremonial hall is decorated with frescos by Joža Uprka with scenes from the town’s history.
The Municipal Hall, built in 1871, used to be the center of cultural and social life of Czech citizens living in the town. Following the reconstruction in 1994, it serves as an additional facility of the 1st basic school.
The town’s skyline is dominated by the leaning tower of the Former Town Hall in the Prostřední street. Its core probably dates back to the 14th century. The tower was rebuilt at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries and later modified in the 18th and 19th centuries. Last reconstruction was carried out in 1995.
The Czech-language grammar school was established in 1884. Its building by architect Josef Schaniak was finished during the following year. It is decorated with graffiti depicting important representatives of the 19th century science. In 1977 – 1979, a new building was added, which is connected to the old building via a separate “neck”-like corridor. In 1999, a new gymnasium was finished.
The Synagogue was built in 1875 in the style of eclectic historism. It was rebuilt in 1904 in the Art Nouveau style, with the addition of arched copula. In the Second World War, it was ruined by the Nazis. After the war, it was used for cultural purposes. In 1967, the Distric Public Library was moved into the building. In 1999, the first phase of reconstruction was finished.
autor:
Marika Blažková
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