In the Vysočina region, two immovable cultural monuments have been added

Telč (Jihlava region) - In the second quarter, two immovable cultural monuments were added in the Vysočina Region. These are a house on Matky Boží Street in Jihlava and a wayside shrine near the village of Nová Říše in the Jihlava region. The house in Jihlava is located next to the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the former convent church of the Franciscan monastery. The wayside shrine from the 16th century is situated on a gentle hill west of Nová Říše. CTK was informed by Ilona Ampapová from the Telč office of the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ).

According to the director of NPÚ in Telč, Martina Indrová, the house in Jihlava is an architecturally remarkable structure. Alongside historical walls, plasters, and vaulted constructions, key elements of the interior include especially the stone Gothic window frame of the former chapel, a wooden ceiling from the late 18th century, and a brick hearth. "The preserved Renaissance mural from the 16th century on the gable wall is also unique," Indrová stated.

The house belonged to the Franciscans until 1788, when the convent sold it along with three other houses at auction to private owners. It gained its current appearance in 1793 and 1810. The street facade was renovated in the first half of the 20th century.

The wayside shrine near Nová Říše stands in a grove by a field road at the site of the original crossing of two field paths connecting Dolní Vilímeč and Nová Říše. "It is an important landmark and an impressive example of small sacred architecture with significant aesthetic value. The late Gothic columned wayside shrine is among the oldest preserved objects of this kind not only in the region but also in the comprehensively registered monument fund of the Czech Republic," Indrová added.

In addition to 2,968 immovable cultural monuments and 16 national cultural monuments, the Vysočina Region has three urban and three village monument reserves, 22 urban and five village monument zones, and one landscape monument zone. The historic core of the town of Telč, the pilgrimage church of St. John of Nepomuk on Zelená Hora in Žďár nad Sázavou, and the ensemble of the Jewish quarter, Jewish cemetery, and the basilica of St. Prokop in Třebíč are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Thus, the Vysočina Region is the region with the largest number of UNESCO monuments in the republic.