📍 Katedrála Petrov

About the venue

The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, known locally as Petrov, is the seat of the Diocese of Brno and a national cultural monument. It rises on the hill of the same name above the city centre - its neo-Gothic silhouette with two 84-metre towers, completed by architect August Kirstein between 1904 and 1909, even appears on the Czech ten-crown coin. The interior is largely Baroque, with works by sculptor Ondřej Schweigl. By tradition, the bells ring at 11 a.m. rather than noon - a nod to a legend from the Thirty Years' War, when Brno's defenders tricked the Swedish besiegers by ringing the hour early.