Convent Buildings
The architectural, artistic, and historical aspects of the convent buildings have been assessed by a number of researchers, but a scientific assessment of the convent complex has not yet been performed. There are not many research findings about its architectural history, but on the basis of the combination of pictorial and written sources, and materials from the preserved structure, it is possible to reconstruct the architectural development of the convent.
The inconspicuous convent complex is enclosed by blocks of houses in the southern part of the historic city centre and the convent is one of the most important historic landmarks in Olomouc. The buildings of the convent are representative of various architectural styles and in the centre of the convent is one of the oldest and most extraordinary gothic buildings in Olomouc – the convent Church of St. Catherine. In other parts of the convent buildings were preserved structures from the Middle Ages and Renaissance which were built over due to convent reconstruction in the Baroque style. The convent was markedly structurally modified for the last time in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
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