On the banks of the Vltava river a little away from all sights of the city rises Anisci monastery – once quite influential convent, run by the sister of king Wenceslas I. In principle, a loving brother for her and built this monastery in the early thirteenth century, which bought the old hospital.
The building of the monastery was built in the Gothic style. During the construction of the monastery it was new and surprising.
The monastery flourished for several centuries. Its main building was added to the room that housed the order of friars minor. In the crypt of Przemyslowa found their solace and Anika, and her brother, and her nephew Przemysl of Otokar II, however, then his remains were moved to the Cathedral of St. Vitus.
In 1556, the monastery became the property of Dominicans. They originally ordered inherited the property. The premises that housed the nuns continued to be used for other purposes, and all other buildings, including the building of the Minorite, were sold. Nuns Clarisse was able to regain his monastery only in 1629. Under Emperor Joseph II the monastery permanently closed and its territory given to the warehouses.
Only in the middle of the XX century Gothic building in the Old Place interested, was restored and donated to the National gallery. Now here displaying objects of medieval art in Bohemia, but also from other countries. The entrance to the branch of the Museum is situated on Anika.
The monastery of Saint Agnes is considered a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
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