Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Pilsen, Czechia

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.

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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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Kostel svaté Anny (Plzeň) (CS)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Stará synagoga v Plzni (CS)

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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Pomník generála Pattona (CS)

The Great Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Plzeň, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue is the second largest synagogue in Europe.

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