Basic information
The Romanesque Bishop’s Palace, formerly better known as the Přemyslid Palace, is located on the Wenceslas Hill. Its name is associated with Moravian Appanage Princes of the Přemyslid dynasty who had their castle here in the 11th century already. The preserved parts of the palace buildings however, come from the later era of the Bishop Jindřich Zdík. It was him who built next to the Cathedral Basilica a Bishop’s Palace in the first half of the 12th century. The palace belonged, as per the preserved stonework, to the very top of European Romanesque residential architecture.
Western and northern perimeter walls of the Zdík’s palace have been preserved. Double and triple Romanesque windows are unique in their antique-style décor of columns’ capitals and archivolts of the window arches. On the north side of the Palace there is a Gothic Chapel of St John the Baptist with murals from the early 16th century. A set of murals from late 15th century with obvious influence from Albrecht Dürer has survived in a Gothic cloister from mid 14th century.
Today, the former Bishop’s palace is part of the guided tour of the Archdiocesan Museum.
Price list:
CZK 50 – full fee
CZK 25 – reduced fee
Free entrance every Wed and Sun
Opening hours:
May-October: Tue-Sun 10:00am – 6:00pm