From Karlovy Vary on a normal bus ride to the town of heat that its architecture recalls all the provincial Czech towns. There is an area where the market was located earlier, mandatory plague column and the city's main temple, built in the XVIII century. So what this city is interesting to tourists?
Most travelers come here to see the monastery belonged to the Premonstratensian - powerful order, which belonged to the town not only heat, but also the surrounding forests, fields and meadows, as well as all the local healing springs. It is thanks to the thermal water from these sources region became popular with many visitors, and thus prosper and develop. However, the first of the precious properties of water is learned monks. They poured water from sources in barrels and sold them all over Europe, promoting their greatest value and ensuring that people with tight wallets come here and spend their money.
Funds earned from the sale of the water, went to the reconstruction of the monastery and the construction of new churches. The oldest monastery buildings that can be seen today, date back to 1193 year. This temple hospice, built in the Romanesque style.
The monastery was severely damaged by military action in Czechoslovakia, which occupied its premises since 1950. But in 1990, justice was restored, and the monastery complex was returned to the holy fathers.
The monastery is not only allowed pilgrims and curious tourists.
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