Sights - UNESCO Information Centre
Horní náměstí (Upper Square)
Town Hall's archway
779 11 Olomouc
Opening hours: daily 9:00am –7:00pm
Tel.: (+420) 585 513 385, 392
E-mail: infocentrum@olomouc.eu
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Olomouc region Card
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UNESCO
With its 12 listed sites, the Czech Republic is among the countries with the highest concentration of monuments of such importance in the world. Towns and cities of the Czech Republic, on whose territory these monuments are located, have united to create an association called Czech UNESCO heritage. www.Unesco-czech.cz
In the bottom part of the Holy Trinity Column there is a seasonally open chapel. During the summer season there is always a guide available from Tuesday to Saturday between 9:00am and 5:00pm.
The purpose of the UNESCO’s World Heritage List is to preserve cultural monuments and natural sites of global importance for future generations. A protection regime has been established for their preservation in the World Heritage Convention of 1972. Signed by almost all countries of the world, the former Czechoslovakia acceded to it in 1990 and the Czech Republic assumed the liabilities arising under the contract in 1993.
Holy Trinity Column
Since 2000 the Holy Trinity Column has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc dominates the city center and its grandiosity easily takes a visitor’s breath away. It is the largest group of Baroque statues within a single sculptural monument in Central Europe. The column reaches a height of 35 metres and its lower part houses a seasonally accessible chapel.
The sculptural decoration is made up of 18 stone sculptures of saints, 12 light-bearers and 6 relief busts of the apostles. The column is dominated by gilded copper sculptures of the Holy Trinity on the top and the Assumption of the Virgin beneath it. The overall sculptural decoration has a natural and harmonious appearance and is due to its uniqueness certainly worth attention.
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