Published 23 Oct 2025

European Heritage Days in Czech Republic

This September, Czech European Heritage Label Sites once again opened their doors for European Heritage Days 2025, celebrating the theme of Architectural Heritage. Across Olomouc, Žďár nad Sázavou, Kynžvart, Velehrad, Vyšší Brod and beyond, visitors discovered centuries of craftsmanship and creativity through guided tours, 3D visualisations, exhibitions, and family activities. From the Archdiocesan Museum Olomouc’s video mapping to Žďár’s Futuring at Farská festival, Czech EHL Sites continue to show that Europe starts here.
  
  

Celebrating Architectural Heritage at EHL Sites in the Czech Republic

This September, Czech bearers of the European Heritage Label once again became the stage for a vibrant celebration of European Heritage Days 2025, transforming historic monuments into spaces of creativity, learning, and exchange.

Main events unfolded across Olomouc, Žďár nad Sázavou, Kynžvart, Velehrad, and Vyšší Brod, while visitors also explored hidden treasures such as the Kalec Court in the Cistercian monastery landscape of Plasy. These landmarks represent not only the richness of Czech history but also the European dimension of cultural continuity and collaboration.

Architecture, technology, and imagination

This year’s theme, Architectural Heritage, invited visitors to rediscover Czech monuments through new and innovative formats from expert-guided tours and 3D visualisations revealing invisible architectural layers, to creative workshops for all ages.

At the Olomouc Premyslid Castle and Archdiocesan Museum, visitors enjoyed the premiere of the comic-inspired video mapping “You Are Here: St. Wenceslas Hill in the Changes of Centuries”, illuminating the site’s history and European significance.

Meanwhile, Žďár nad Sázavou hosted the lively “Futuring at Farská” festival, celebrating the Cistercian culinary heritage of Central Europe. Supported by the Creative Europe Programme, the event showcased two years of research, alongside new educational activities for families and a presentation of the European Cisterscapes network.

Digital Heritage and New Discoveries

At the Cistercian Monastery in Vyšší Brod, an extraordinary presentation revealed the results of digitisation and research into three exceptional artefacts — the Order of the Golden Fleece insignia of William of Rozmberk, the ring of Peter Vok of Rozmberk, and the reliquary Cross of Zavis. For the first time, these treasures were publicly presented in detailed digital form, allowing visitors to appreciate their beauty and craftsmanship up close.

Across all participating sites, visitors engaged with rare archaeological finds, architectural fragments, and digital reconstructions — learning firsthand why these monuments bear the European Heritage Label and how they embody shared European values of creativity, learning, and cultural exchange.