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The lovers of fine arts and architecture may enjoy a lot of other experiences in Litomyšl besides Smetana's creative Litomyšl:
Magdalena Jetelová Chairs
Giant chairs by Magdalena Jetelová, a famous symbol of Communist omnipotence
Monastery Gardens in Litomyšl
Federico Díaz Twinstar
A modern statue made of aramid textile fibres with a luminous running text at the site of the native house of the world renowned astronomer Zdeňek Kopal.
Litomyšl, Havlíčkova street
Jasan Zoubek Šik
The works of the Zoubek son and father are nearby and offer an interesting confrontation.
Monastery Gardens Litomyšl
Aleš Veselý Spider web
A statue from the 1960's as a reminiscence of the great exhibition during Smetana's creative Litomyšl 2009 when Great monumental statues were scattered all around Litomyšl.
Monastery Gardens in Litomyšl
Václav Cigler, Karel Malich Embellishment of the Bohemian Brethren Church
The new church of the Bohemian Brethren Church designed by the architect Zdeňek Fránek is decorated by an external cross made of glued glass by Václav Cigler, the internal embellishment have been made by Karel Malich.
Olbram Zoubek Statues and reliefs
The life-long collection of statues from all creative periods of Olbram Zoubek in the mystical environment of the vaults under Litomyšl chateau, supplemented with the artists' comments recorded in the audit guides.
Litomyšl chateau vaults
Portmoneum - Josef Váchal
The room in the house owned by the publisher Josefa Portman in Terézy Novákové street was decorated with fanciful scenes in 1920 by painter Josef Váchal. The current museum also houses Váchal's carved and painted furniture.
Statues in the open air
Jan Štursa: Bedřich Smetana, 1924, Smetanovo square
Vincenc Makovský: Alois Jirásek, 1952-1959, Jiráskova ulice
Alois Metelák: Jan Amos Komenský Monument, 1921, Komenského square
Municipal picture gallery- painters of the 19th century and collection of modern arts
Litomyšl holds an unusually valuable collection of paintings by painters such as Julius Mařák, Antonín Dvořák, Antonín Chittussi, Alois Bubák or Jan Honsa, Václav Špála, Emil Filla, Josef Čapek, Jan Zrzavý, Antonín Procházka, Otakar Coubine, Jaroslav Grus, František Tichý, Josef Váchal and many others.
The permanent exhibition of the Municipal Gallery Litomyšl is located on the second floor of the chateau
Litomyšl could always be proud of the works of the best contemporary builders.
The chateau was built by Giovanni Battista Aostallis and Ulrico Aostallis, the brewery was reconstructed by František Maxmilián Kaňka, who also completed the Piaristic Church after Giovanni Battista Alliprandi with embellishment by Matyáš Bernard Braun.
At the turn of the 20th century, this continued with the valuable building of the post office (1858), district court in what is now Ropkova street (1865-67), hospital (František Čermák, Gustav Paul, 1872-74), Smetana's house (Jan Šula, Viktorin Šulc, Josef Velflík, 1905), girls' school (D. Hnídek, builder J. Kreml, 1906), new grammar school building (prof. Ausobský, builder F. Rudolf, 1922-23) and technical college (J. Tymich, builderl F. Čtrnáctý, 1929).
Litomyšl has never been too industrial and, fortunately, it has never been affected by a wave of massive construction of housing estates in the after-war times.
After 1989 it could therefore follow up on the tradition of quality architecture and leading Czech architectural offices build in Litomyšl.
When walking around you can see, for example, the following buildings:
Václav Babka, Zdeněk Sendler, Radko Květ
reconstruction of the Monastery Gardens (1999-2000)
Josef Pleskot, AP atelier
residential building A2 and A3 (2001-2002), reconstruction of a former chateau brewery, reconstruction of Komenského square, Loučné riverbank, passage through a post office
Viktor Rudiš, Martin Rudiš
residential building A1 (1996), residential building A4 (2000-2001), Brokeš villa (1998)
Vladimír Krátký, Aleš Papp
commercial centre for bathroom fixtures and fittings Savos (1999-2000), external cladding of the winter sports stadium
Mikuláš Hulec
premises of the Faculty of Restoration with the Red Tower (1993-1998)
Hrůša - Pelčák
outdoor pool (1994-1995), tennis and squash hall (1998-2001)
Aleš Burian, Gustav Křivinka
reconstruction of pavement in Smetanovo and Toulovcovo squares and adjacent streets , "equestrian stairs" at the church, municipal furnishing (1997-2000), 3rd primary school, T.G.Masaryk street (1995-1998), municipal sports hall at the 3rd primary school (1995-1998), ČSOB building (1999), youth home, secondary teachers college (2001-2003), terraces at the sports stadium at Černá hora (2002), roofing over the winter stadium
Zdeněk Fránek
Church of the Church of Czech Brethren (2008-2010)
Antonín Novák
indoor swimming pool (2008-2010)
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