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Liechtenstein Seminary

Liechtenstein Seminary

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The singing seminary for boys was built at the end of the 17th century on the site of old cottages. The Baroque building is attributed to Giovanni Pietro Tencalla, the architect of the Kroměříž château. The seminary was run by the Piarists, who came to Kroměříž in 1687 and founded a grammar school and a college here.

For two whole centuries poor grammar-school pupils from the Moravian countryside lived here, supported by a foundation of Bishop Karl II of Liechtenstein-Castelcorn. After the grammar school was taken over by the state, the Piarists handed the building over to the town. Later it served elementary schools, the last of which bore the name of Božena Němcová.

The building is part of the Kroměříž Urban Heritage Reserve.

Interesting places nearby

Max Švabinský's Birthplace

Jánská 15/11, 767 01 Kroměříž

The house on Jánská Street where the painter and printmaker Max Švabinský was born on 17 September 1873. For generations it housed soap-making workshops.

Piarist Grammar School Building

Pilařova 8/2, 767 01 Kroměříž

The Baroque building of the former Piarist grammar school on the corner of Pilařova and Jánská streets, built in 1694–1698 to a design by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla.

P. J. Vejvanovský Conservatory

Pilařova 7/1, 767 01 Kroměříž

A music conservatory in the Baroque building of the former Piarist college, directly adjoining the Church of St John the Baptist in the centre of Kroměříž.

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