VIRTUAL TOUR OF BEROUN
House No. 41, Husovo Square
Beroun Sights and Attractions
This originally Baroque burgher´s house was later rebuilt in Classicist style. Two big Gothic cellars under the building have been preserved. The Fuss family owned the house starting from the mid 17th century. The most famous of them, František Antonín, was a significant Czech agricultural expert and secretary of the Patriotic Economic Society.
A military prison was establish in the house for a short time after the arrival of the millitary garrison in Beroun in 1779. Address: Husovo náměstí 41, Beroun
A military prison was establish in the house for a short time after the arrival of the millitary garrison in Beroun in 1779. Address: Husovo náměstí 41, Beroun
House No. 43, Husovo Square
Beroun Sights and Attractions
The Baroque burgher´s house was adopted in 1912 for the needs of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (today the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren).
A new gable was built onto the builiding in 1938. The sculptor Zdeněk Dvořák painter Miloš Antonovič and Beroun native, architect Jan Slavík created the decorations of the gable. Address: Husovo náměstí 43, Beroun
A new gable was built onto the builiding in 1938. The sculptor Zdeněk Dvořák painter Miloš Antonovič and Beroun native, architect Jan Slavík created the decorations of the gable. Address: Husovo náměstí 43, Beroun
Monument to Master Jan Hus
Beroun Sights and Attractions
The monument was built in 1908 by the Society for Building the Monument of Master Jan Hus. The monument is the work of Beroun natives František Velíšek and Josef Kvasnička.
Address: Husovo náměstí, Beroun
Monument to Soldiers Killed in the First World War
Beroun Sights and Attractions
The monument was created by the sculptor Karel Opatrný in 1924. 242 men from Beroun did not return from the battle fields and military hospitals. The sculpture on the monument is a symbol of Honorable Death.
Address: Husovo náměstí, Beroun
Fountain with a sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk.
Beroun Sights and Attractions
A copy of the Baroque fountain was made by the sculptor Petr Vitvar. The original of the fountain, dating back to 1729, which was created by the stone cutter Jan Slezák and the sculptor Martin de Majo, is kept at the Museum of the Czech Karst.
Address: Husovo náměstí, Beroun