Start of the season
Zwettl Monastery Zwettl Abbey 1, ZwettlZwettl Abbey starts the new tourist season on Palm Sunday. From now on, guided tours of the monastery will once again take place daily. On tour three, which leads into the baroque library with its magnificent frescoes by Paul Troger, visitors can also see the special exhibition "Cisterscapes - we are European cultural heritage".
Exhibition “Cultural landscape as European heritage”
Old town hall Zwettl Sparkassenplatz 3, ZwettlWhat is a Cistercian monastery landscape? An exhibition in the old town hall of Zwettl explores this question. This presentation is freely accessible to all interested parties until fall 2025. The exhibition is accompanied by materials for different age groups, which can be used to playfully explore the elements of a monastery landscape. Curious?
Plasy Monastery: Conference “The Plasy Monastery (Plass) in Context”
Plasy MonasteryThe National Institute for Monument Preservation, the Museum and Gallery of the Northern Pilsen Region in Mariánská Týnice and the National Technical Museum - Center for Architectural Heritage invite you to the conference "The Plasy Monastery in Context", which will take place on September 11-13, 2025 in the premises of the Center for Architectural Heritage in Plasy. International specialist conference to reflect on the development of the monastery and its embedding in the European context. Plasy Monastery is firmly anchored in Czech historiography as well as in architectural, artistic and intellectual research. In 2025, it will be 880 years since the first Cistercians arrived in the valley of the Střela River. This event is traditionally commemorated by a specialist conference, which primarily summarizes the new findings of the last decade. The conference papers focus on three main thematic blocks: "The monastery and its buildings" "The monastery and its people" "The monastery and its landscape" Further information on the conference can be found at: www.klaster-plasy.cz www.marianskatynice.cz and at the conference e-mail address: plasy2025@seznam.cz Monastery_Plasy_Conference


