The royal town of Litoměřice

Historical landmarks

• The Old Town Hall
• All Saints Church
• Art Gallery
• Baroque Mill
• Bastion called "Baba"
• Bishop's Residence
• Bridge Hill
• Buildings on Roosevelt Street
• City Wall Bastion
• City Walls and Bastions
• Courthouse and Prison
• Diocese Gallery and Museum
• Dlouhá Street and Dlouhá Gate
• Episcopal Litom??ice
• Executioner's House
• Fortifications and Parklands
• Fountains
• House "Na Vikárce"
• Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady
• Jesuit Observatory
• Jesuit Staircase
• K. H. Mácha Theatre
• Peace Square
• Plague Column
• The evangelical church
• The Gothic Twin
• The House "U Kalicha"
• The House of "At the Black Eagle"
• The Chapel of St. John the Baptist
• The Church of St. Jacob
• The Church of St. Ludmila
• The Church of St. Vojt?ch
• The Church of St. Wenceslas
• The Royal Castle

The Church of St. Jacob

The first record of this, the oldest cloister in the town, is from the year 1233. It was established by the Bishop of Prague, Jan II, as a church monastery for Franciscan monks, the minority order. After it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War it lay for a long time in ruins. The monastery and the church were rebuilt in the late Baroque style by Octavio Broggio in 1730-40. However, it was not completed until after his death in 1758. The main altar from the year 1769 is the work of Jan Hennevogel. After the abolition of the minority order on the orders of Josef II, the Dominican order was transferred here in 1788.