In Panenské Břežany, the reconstruction of the chapel of St. Anne has been completed

Prague - The reconstruction of the Chapel of St. Anne at the upper castle in Panenské Břežany near Prague has been completed. The repair cost around nine million crowns, said governor Miloš Petera (ČSSD) to reporters today. The Chapel of St. Anne is one of the most significant structures of high Baroque in Bohemia, designed by architect Jan Blažej Santini.

According to the governor, the problem was with drainage. Water was leaking under the chapel, which endangered the monument. The builders repaired the façade and restored the furnishings; the chapel received new interior and exterior lighting. This year, the Memorial of National Oppression and Resistance is also to be completed in the Baroque castle in Panenské Břežany.

In the so-called upper castle, a significant Nazi leader, Karl Hermann Frank, lived during the war. The exhibitions in the memorial aim to familiarize visitors with the years 1938 to 1946 in a European context, emphasizing the events leading to the assassination of the acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. He lived during the war in the lower Břežany castle, which now belongs to a private company. Heydrich, who was, among other things, a co-author of the so-called Final Solution to the Jewish Question, was sent to Prague to break the domestic anti-Nazi resistance. The assassination of him is considered one of the most significant actions of the Czech resistance.