St. Adalbert Church
St. Adalbert Church was built between 1675 and 1681 to replace a small Gothic church, founded before 1350 and dedicated to Saint-Georges in the 16th century. The church is structurally incorporated into a Jesuit college.
St. Adalbert Church was built between 1675 and 1681 to replace a small Gothic church, founded before 1350 and dedicated to Saint-Georges in the 16th century. The church is structurally incorporated into a Jesuit college.
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in the 14th century in Gothic style on the site of an old Romanesque building from the early 13th century. In 1995, the church was declared a national cultural monument.
St. Hedwig's Church is a modernist building, one of the last works of the architect Léopold Bauer. After the end of an architectural competition, construction work began in 1933, but was interrupted by the Second World War, during which the unfinished church served as a warehouse for military equipment and the observatory bell tower for the Luftwaffe. After the war, the church was used as a warehouse until 1989.
The Chapel of the Holy Cross, or Swedish Chapel, was founded by Přemek I, Duke of Opava, in 1394 as a mortuary sanctuary. The chapel is a unique example of Gothic brick architecture, it is built on an exceptionally used octagon plan. It may have been inspired by the Church of St. Charles in Prague.