On Wenceslas Square in Olomouc next to Zdikovym palace, the Church of St. Wenceslas and the Diocesan Museum of the chapel of St. Anne, which has a circular shape. This single-nave Gothic building is so close to the wall of the church of St. Wenceslas that many tourists take him for part of the above-mentioned church. However, although the chapel was built by craftsmen to erect a church of St. Wenceslas, but it is considered to be an independent structure. Its construction was completed in 1268. At the time, it was consecrated in the name of St. John the Baptist. The city has another chapel of the same name, which was built much later. To avoid confusion, the first chapel Rename. Now she is the patroness of St. Anne.

The manuscript sources of the local church was first mentioned in 1349 as a place where he kept the church relics.

In 1617 the interior of the chapel has been completely updated. Now the decor of the chapel was made in the style of Mannerism - a very fashionable during that time. Unfortunately, the integrity of the chapel was broken in the repair of the neighboring church in the late XIX century. The chapel has lost about a third of its original area. But a beautiful carved portal where you can see the coat of arms of the family Dietrichstein was saved.

In the second half of the XVII century church of Saint Anne acquires a considerable weight, as it becomes a temple, where the election took place of local bishops and archbishops. Its up to 1916 called the Rector's church.