The Faculty of Arts of the Masaryk University is one of the four oldest faculties of the university. The building, which houses the Faculty of Arts Auditorium, underwent a major reconstruction in 2015 and is now one of the architecturally exceptional buildings in the city. In his design, architect Petr Pelčák combined modern functionalist efficiency…
The construction of the cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary of the Assumption began in Old Brno in 1323 at the instigation of Queen Eliška Rejčka, widow of the Czech King Wenceslas II. At the same time, she also founded the Cistercian monastery next to it called Aula Sanctae Mariae. After her death in 1335,…
When the organ school moved to its new headquarters in the Chleborád Villa in 1907, Janáček as director had a relatively long distance to walk from his home in Old Brno to the school. He didn’t ride the electric railway because it was German. The Union for the Improvement of Church Music in Moravia, as…
