23 Sights in Pilsen, Czechia (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Pilsen, Czechia! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Pilsen. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in PilsenActivities in Pilsen1. Cathedral of St. Bartholomew
The Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, originally the Church of St. Bartholomew, is a Gothic church located on the Main Square in Plzeň, Czech Republic. It was probably established together with the city around the year 1295. The church became a cathedral in 1993, when the Plzeň diocese was created. It was designated a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic in 1995.
2. Old Synagogue
The Old Synagogue in Pilsen has been standing in Smetana Park in the courtyard of house No. 80/5 since 1859. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Right next to the Old Synagogue building is the Auxiliary Synagogue with a memorial to the victims of the Shoah, the Garden of Memories.
3. Nejsvětějšího Jména Ježíš
The Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus is a baroque church in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It is one of four churches in the Czech Republic with this patrocinium, but the only one with the established name U Ježíška. Its owner has never been the church, but it has always belonged to private hands. This building is a protected immovable cultural monument.
Wikipedia: Kostel Nejsvětějšího Jména Ježíš (Plzeň) (CS), Website, Facebook
4. Muzeum církevního umění plzeňské diecéze
The Museum of West Bohemia in Pilsen is one of the largest museum institutes in the Czech Republic in terms of the extent of its historical, applied arts and natural science collections. At the same time, it is the centre of scientific work in a number of scientific disciplines. The main building of the museum is located in Kopeckého sady 2 in Pilsen.
5. Památník obětem zla
Meditation Garden in Pilsen - The Memorial to the Victims of Evil was established in Pilsen-Doudlevce thanks to the political prisoner Mr. Luboš Hruška, who transformed his originally fruit garden into an ornamental park and later into the Memorial to the Victims of Evil. In the natural area with many garden trees, there is a sandstone Stations of the Cross by academic sculptor Roman Podrázský and a chapel by Maxmilián Kolbe. The current owner of the memorial is the Bishopric of Pilsen, to which Mr. Hruška donated it in 1995.
6. svatý Jiří
The Church of St. George in Pilsen-Doubravka is probably the oldest preserved church in the territory of today's Pilsen. It is located in the city district of Doubravka on the bank at the confluence of the Berounka and Úslava rivers near the extinct medieval village of Týnec. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The church is surrounded by a cemetery with several valuable tombstones and a Baroque ossuary.
7. Franciscan Monastery, Plzeň
The Franciscan Monastery is located near the Main Square in Plzeň, Czech Republic. Originally belonging to the Minorites, the later Franciscan monastery was founded at the end of the 13th century. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Chapterhouse and Chapel of St. Barbara also belong to the monastery complex.
8. Nanebevzetí Panny Marie
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is part of the former Franciscan monastery and is one of the oldest in Pilsen. Today, together with the aforementioned former Franciscan monastery, it is protected as an immovable cultural monument.
9. Patton Memorial Pilsen Museum
The Patton Memorial Pilsen – The 1945 U.S. Army Memorial is a museum in Pilsen inaugurated on May 5, 2005 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Pilsen and Southwest Bohemia in 1945 and the end of World War II in Europe. The memorial is located in the building of the Peklo House of Culture, Pobřežní Street 10, where the editorial office of Masaryk's magazine Nová doba used to be before the First World War and where Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk lectured several times.
10. svatý Mikuláš
The Church of St. Nicholas is a church in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1406 on the historic fortress of Mitrvald of the Lords of Litice. A significant change occurred in 1599, when the presbytery and the chapel of St. Anne were vaulted. Further modifications to the church were carried out in the Baroque period in 1739–1744, when a new portal and side aisle were built. Even in the 19th century, the church did not remain unchanged. The last modification included the completion of the sacristy.
11. Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla - Velké divadlo
The Grand Theatre is the main stage of the Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre in Pilsen and an important cultural monument. The building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1897–1902 according to the design of architect Antonín Balšánek. In 1981–1985, an extensive reconstruction took place under the leadership of architect Pavel Němeček. The building was declared a cultural monument.
12. Všech Svatých
The Church of All Saints is situated in Plzeň in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest churches in the area and it was considered the main parish church of the early villages of Plzeň, Malice and Záhorsko before the construction of the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew was completed.
13. St. Mary's plague column
The Marian (plague) column stands on the central Pilsen Republic Square, in its northwest corner, in front of the Imperial House. The column was erected by the city council in 1681 as a thank you for the end of the plague epidemic in the early Baroque style. Its highlight is a statue, a free replica of a Gothic sculpture of the Pilsen Madonna. The Marian Column has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1958.
14. Kolomazná pec
The Kolomazná pec is a unique technical monument located in the Branty forest district in Pilsen-Bolevec on the northern edge of the Kamenný rybník nature reserve. It is one of the best preserved furnaces of its kind in Central Europe and at the same time probably the only one still standing in the Czech Republic, although it was a relatively common facility in the late Middle Ages and modern times.
15. Kostel sv. Jiří
The Church of St. George in Malešice, together with the local chateau, forms a dominant feature of the village, today the city district of Pilsen 9-Malesice. The church is an immovable cultural monument.
16. Škoda 706 RTHP
The Škoda 706 RTH is a commercial vehicle, from the Škoda 706 series, on the chassis of which a superstructure used for various purposes was produced. For example, there were assembly vehicles for public transport, water tanks – sprinkler trucks, water tenders, etc.
17. Church of St Anne
Pravoslavný chrám svaté Anny a svaté Růženy Limské je nově vysvěcený kostel v Plzni. Nachází se v Bezručově ulici čp. 463. Kostel je zapsán na seznamu nemovitých památek jako součást areálu bývalého kláštera dominikánek. V současné době kostel využívá česká pravoslavná církev.
18. Pecihrádek
Pecihrádek is a well-preserved late medieval fortress. It is located on a promontory above the Berounka River opposite the Church of St. George on the outskirts of the Bolevec district in Pilsen, in the cadastral area of Bolevec. Its remains are protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
19. Pomník generála Pattona
The monument to General Patton is a sculpture erected in the Sady Pětatřicátníků in Pilsen. It commemorates General George S. Patton, who commanded the American Army that liberated the city from Nazi occupation in May 1945. The authors of the statue are Václav Zůna, Lubomír Čermák and Tomáš Beneš. Their creation is ten meters high and weighs ten tons. It is made of corten, a group of steel alloys from which tank armor was produced. The construction of the monument took approximately one year. The production of the monument itself was provided in the form of a sponsorship gift from the Vítkovice Ironworks.
20. Holý vrch
Holý vrch is located on the eastern edge of the cadastre of the city of Pilsen, about one kilometre southeast of the local part of Červený Hrádek in the Pytel forest district and 250 metres north of the I/26 motorway slip road.
21. Kovodělník
The Metalworker is a sculpture in the entrance hall of the main railway station in Pilsen. On the sides of the staircase they form a pair with a statue of a railwayman. The bronze statue dates back to 1956. The author of the statue is Ladislav Novák.
22. Železničář
The railwayman is a sculpture in the entrance hall of the main railway station in Pilsen. Next to the staircase, they form a pair with the statue of the Metalworker. The statue made of patinated plaster dates back to 1956. The authors of the statue are Václav (Vjačeslav) Irmanov and Karel Čermák.
23. Korandův sbor
The congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Pilsen – Koranda's congregation is a congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Pilsen. The congregation falls under the West Bohemian Seniorate.
Wikipedia: Farní sbor Českobratrské církve evangelické v Plzni - Korandův sbor (CS), Website
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