klášter Rajhrad, Česká republika .........

......... Monastery in Rajhrad near Brno is one of the oldest and most famous monasteries in Moravia. The monastery has long served as a center of culture and education. Today you can visit the abbey church of St. Petra and Pavla and the Memorial of Literature in Moravia with the Historical Library.
Permanent monument exhibits Moravian literature during the past ten centuries. The jewel of the exposition is primarily a restored historical library. Benedictine Abbey Library Rajhrad is one of the largest monastic libraries in the Czech Republic and counts on 65,000 historical volumes. In the part of the eastern wing of the monastery there is a permanently functioning sacristy. A restored capitulary hall with an adjacent exhibition room is also used.
Abbey of St. Peter and Paul are permanently used for worship. The adjacent farah is at the same time the seat of the order. The economic objects of the monastery are used only in part for various purposes. The monastery's building is an immovable cultural monument. The cultural monument was also announced as a library and furniture of the historical monastery library.
The southern wing of the prelature has undergone a challenging reconstruction in recent years, where a new exhibition was opened in November 2013. In the newly renovated premises there were museum exhibition and gallery halls including lapidarium and multimedia presentation. There are short-term exhibitions in the large hall, a small gallery in the middle of the new tour route will be a combination of literature and fine arts.
Inside the tour you can also take a look at the stylized monastery gardens where healing herbs are grown and in the contemporary kitchen. In the unprepared spaces of the prelature, not only is the inherited patrimony of the military eras of that time, which has no respect for the cultural heritage, but at the same time it is possible to admire the generosity of repairers and workers of today's craftsmen. The multimedia exposition invites guests to stroll away from the very old film language for centuries and tells an ancient story about how the melody of a cuddle whistle has been made on the parchment made of the skin of one of its lambs.
From history: The original provost of Břevnov benedictines from the middle of the 11th century was rebuilt into a Baroque monastery with the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, according to the latest project by Jan Blažej Santini-Aichl, although this famous architect has not been built. Thanks to Břevnov Abbot Havel and Rajhrad Probošt Jindřich, the vineyards were founded in Rajhrad in 1465. In 1554, the symbol of the winery in Rajhrad came to the Rajhrad emblem and seal. In the middle of the 14th century the beer started to brew in the monastery, which was, at this time, the privilege of cities. For some time, beer brewed in Rajhrad two breweries: the monastery and the brewery of the small town.
As a result, haymaking began to develop in Rajhrad. At the end of the 16th century, beer was cooked only in the monastery. During the 14th. century economic development of the monastery and the entire monastic estate. After the return of Benedictines in the early 90s, the monastery underwent a gradual reconstruction ..........