Chapel of Saint Barbara, Buchlov

The Chapel of St. Barbara, popularly called Barborka, stands on the site of a former early Gothic church dedicated to the same patroness. The chapel served mainly as a family tomb for the owners of the Buchlov estate, but the judges of the hunting law and hermits of the Order of St. Francis are also buried here.

About this building

This site is part of the European Cultural Itinerary of Saints Cyril and Methodius. More information: https://www.cyril-methodius.cz/osvetimany-velehrad/

Key Features

  • Atmosphere / quiet space
  • Wildlife

Visitors information

  • Parking within 250m
  • Muddy boot friendly

Other nearby buildings

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Church of the Epiphany, Velehrad

"Cyrilka" was built in the 13th century at the monastery gate for the pre-monastery inhabitants. It fell into disrepair in the 19th and was restored in the neo-Gothic style on the occasion of the Jubilee of Cyril and Methodius in 1863. In the first half of the 20th century, services were celebrated here in the Byzantine-Slavic rite.