Roundtrip of a church monuments in Litoměřice – monuments for one voucher

The tourist product "THE CHURCH MONUMENTS ROUNDTRIP" will present the rich history of Baroque ecclesiastical monuments in the town of Litoměřice. You can visit the monuments separately or use the advantageous voucher, thanks to which you will visit up to 8 monuments and you can also get a free reward in the form of local coffee or beer.

SCHEDUAL FOR 2020

JUNE

open on weekend from 26th to 28th June (Friday - Sunday)

MAIN SEASON

from 30th June to 30th August - always from Tuesday to Sunday (the Kalich viewpoint and the tower near the cathedral can also be visited on Mondays)

SEPTEMBER

open on weekends (always Friday - Sunday):
- September 4th – 6th
- September 11th – 13th
- September 18th – 20th

THE ROUNDTRIP INCLUDES EIGHT MONUMENTS and is very much suitable for CHILDREN. You can do the roundtrip in an entertaining way with worksheets in the form of a book PLAYFUL GUIDE. It is created specifically for children and the roundtrip will entertain the whole family.

The tour of church monuments has eight stops:

In the Church of All Saints and in the Cathedral of St. Štěpán guides are available. These are students of history and art at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University and also students of secondary schools in Litoměřice who are interested in history and monuments.

Students will guide you through the entire roundtrip or just selected monuments, depending on your interest and their time possibilities. At the Kalich lookout, the guide is provided by the Litoměřice Information Center, which is located on the ground floor directly below the Kalich lookout.

TICKETS AND REMUNERATION

The starting points of the roundtrip are the Information Center with the Kalich lookout tower, the nearby Church of All Saints or the Cathedral of St. Štěpán. Here you can buy tickets (vouchers) for the entire tour. Guides are also available at these places, who provide expert information at individual stops according to the current demand of visitors.

A voucher worth CZK 150 (reduced entrance fee for CZK 115 and children's CZK 75) will offer entry to eight monuments! After completing at least half of the circuit and obtaining 3 stamps, it is also possible to draw a well-deserved reward in the form of a FREE drink (beer or lemonade) in the Bishop's Brewery at St. Štěpán in Komenského street, or choose a coffee of your choice worth CZK 50 at Fér Kafe in Václav Havel Park.

MONUMENT OPENING TIMES

Church of All Saints, Church of St. Of St. Jakub and the Cathedral of St. Štěpán - 10:00 - 18:00 - Tuesday - Sunday
Church of the Annunciation (former Jesuit Church) - 11:00 - 17:00 - Tuesday - Sunday (in case of closing the church, a tour of the Gothic twin house is a alternative)
The tower at the cathedral - 10:00 - 17:00 - Monday - Sunday
Kalich Viewpoint - 10:00 - 17:00 (last tour at 16:00 - tours every 2 hours for up to 12 people) - Monday - Sunday
Diocesan Museum and North Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts (permanent exhibition) - 9:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 18:00 - Tuesday - Sunday

→ Leaflet Roundtrip of a Church Monuments (3.06 MB)

→ Playful guidebook of Litoměřice (1.58 MB)

Stops

In 1655 a diocese was founded and the chapter church became a cathedral. Around then, a few buildings necessary for the life of the diocese were built.

St. Štěpán´s Cathedral

Is one of the most dominant features of the town Litoměřice. The original Romanesque building was founded around the year 1057. However, it was demolished in the second half of the 17th century and immediately afterwards the current cathedral of St. Štěpán, which was probably designed by the architects Bernard Spineta and Giulio Broggio from Litoměřice. In fact, the cathedral was originally without a tower. Today, the cathedral has an early Baroque appearance and is equipped with very valuable and stylistically uniform furniture. Regular services and pipe organ concerts are held here. You can enjoy the magnificent view from the bell tower in the neighborhood. Behind the cathedral is a bishop's residence - a palace building of the Italian type.

The cathedral is over 20 meters high and 50 meters long.

The tower of St. Štěpán's Cathedral

Since 2010 a view of the town and its surroundings is available from a height of 50m. St. Štěpán's Baroque Cathedral in Litoměřice and the previous Gothic church, originally didn't have a tower. A separate tower outside the church was built by Bishop Hugo Count Koenigsegg (1711-1720) but he only had to build eleven-meter foundations, on which they built a wooden baroque bell tower. Only Bishop Antonín L. Frind (1879-81), a well-known historian, called for the completion of the tower, which was not built until 1883-89 based on the design of the Viennese architect Heinrich Ferstel by the builder of Litoměřice, Franz Sander. On the connecting arch between the cathedral and the tower is the personal emblem of the 14th Bishop of Litoměřice, Emanuel Jan Schöbel.

The tower offers a wonderful view to all cardinal direstions as well as to other tourist destinations in the area. Looking at the city, in the distance you can see the Mostka lookout tower, Radobýl hill, on the left on the other bank of the river next to it is Lovoš. If you look further to the left, then you will also see the Hazmburk Castle and Říp Mountain. However, you have to climb 118 stone and 83 wooden stairs.