Břevnovský klášter
Břevnovský klášter is a Benedictine archabbey founded in 993 by Saint Adalbert with the backing of Bohemian Duke Boleslaus II, making it the first Benedictine male monastery in Bohemia. The site’s long arc includes a Baroque reconstruction realized between 1708 and 1740 under Abbot Othmar Daniel Zinke, with the church and conventual buildings shaped by Christoph Dientzenhofer and interiors by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. The ornate program features altarpieces by Petr Brandl, a ceiling fresco by Cosmas Damian Asam, and stucco by Egid Quirin Asam, while the abbey’s brewery—one of the Czech Republic’s oldest beer traditions—reached production of about 5,000 hl annually before the brewery’s closure in 1889 due to limited cellar capacity. The abbey endured upheaval through the Hussite Wars, the Thirty Years’ War, and later expropriation after World War II and the communist era, reflecting its resilience in Czech religious and cultural life. …
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