Sázava Monastery (Central Bohemia)
N 49° 52.642 E 014° 53.836
33U E 492618 N 5525001
Depicted torso of unfinished monumental Gothic Benedictine convent church, core of Sazava Benedictine monastery damaged during Hussite wars in the 15th century, shows the significance of Sázava in medieval times...
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/15/2014
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Depicted torso of unfinished monumental Gothic Benedictine convent church, core of Sazava Benedictine monastery damaged during Hussite wars in the 15th century, shows the significance of Sázava in medieval times.
The Sázava Monastery was an important Benedictine abbey established by Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia near Prague around 1032. Its foundation was initiated by Procopius, a Czech hermit who was in 1203 canonized as saint. The monastery was an important center of Old Church Slavonic literature up until 1097. [wiki]