We hopped into the car and quickly went to the next landmark in Kutná Hora. This was the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist. It is one of the most important landmarks in the city. This should not come as a surprised to anyone reading this blog, the cathedral is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. However, what was surprising was how seemingly very few people were there. It was just there in a corner and unlike the Church of Saint Barbara, the cathedral didn’t appear to have a lot of visitors. Regardless, we thought to just go and have a look at the cathedral.

The cathedral is actually part of an old abbey complex. This got burned down with the church but the church was then rebuilt. Eventually the job ended up with a familiar name – Johann Santini Aichel. He was responsible for the design of a church we visited earlier in the day – the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora, which was also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Johann Santini Aichel applied his own style of Baroque Gothic to this church. I don’t think I have seen enough of his work to tell if he designed this church, but at least from the outside, you can say that it is a typical gothic church.

Of course, we would try to visit the church as well but in this case, there was an entrance fee. The kiosk was inside the church and I had a look at the church interiors and it didn’t seem to be interesting. As you can see from the photos, it seemed to be recently renovated as everything was pristine. Honestly, I didn’t think it was that attractive, considering that it is a cathedral. I think what makes this place significant was that this was the work of Johann Santini Aichel. Perhaps things might have already changed since I visited but I think I know why there weren’t any visitors. I managed to take some shots of the interior before leaving and that was that.

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