The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is a Gothic brick basilica founded in the 14th century. The church had to be repaired several times, after the Hussite wars (15th century) and after the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). In 1664, the church became a cathedral by the foundation of a bishopric and was then rebuilt in the Baroque style. In 1864-1876, the church was radically re-gothicised by František Schmoranz.
The synagogue of Hradec Králové, built between 1904 and 1905, is an Art Nouveau building of Moorish inspiration. After the Second World War, the synagogue was briefly reused as a house of prayer for the Jewish community, but for lack of assistance, the building was taken over by the State Scientific Library in 1960. In 2007, the synagogue building was returned to the Jewish community in Prague, which intends to use it in a multifunctional way.
The Chapel of the Epiphany, also known as the Chapel of the Three Kings, was built from 1699 onwards. The authorship of the project and the construction of the chapel are generally attributed to Kryštof Dientzenhofer (1655-1722) or Jan Blažej Santini (1677-1723). Adjacent to the church is a square tower completed in 1705.
The church of St. Bartholomew was first mentioned at the end of the 13th century as a building used by regular canons who kept it until 1392. In 1421, the church was rebuilt in the late Gothic style at the beginning of the 16th century.
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