Pilgrimage Sites in Czechia
Discover 6 sacred destinations in Czechia
Filipov
Filipov is a significant Marian pilgrimage site in the Czech Republic, known for the 1866 apparition of the Virgin Mary to Magdalene Kade and subsequent miraculous healings.
Prague
Bohemia's thousand-year capital where the Infant Jesus draws pilgrims from across the globe, St. John of Nepomuk was martyred on Charles Bridge, and the coronation cathedral of St. Vitus still guards the relics of patron saints.
Stará Boleslav
The Elbe town where St. Wenceslaus was killed at a church door in 935, and where the Palladium of the Czech Land is venerated.
Svatá Hora
Svatá Hora above Příbram is the oldest and most important Marian pilgrimage site in Bohemia — a Baroque hilltop complex crowned by the venerated Gothic statuette of Our Lady of Svatá Hora, reached by a covered holy stairway that pilgrims have climbed on their knees for more than three centuries.
Velehrad
Velehrad's basilica marks Methodius's traditional grave and hosts Czechia's National Pilgrimage each July for Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
Zelená Hora
A UNESCO masterpiece of Baroque Gothic architecture where faith and geometry unite—Santini's star-shaped church honours St. John of Nepomuk, the martyr who kept silent unto death.