Mariánská Týnice is a former pilgrimage site in Kralovice in the Czech Republic. It is a complex of a monastery with the Baroque Church of the Annunciation and the Cistercian provost office built by J
Grand plan of the church with the ambulatory
The Battle of White Mountain was fought on 8 November 1620 outside Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. An army backing Frederick V led by Christian of Anhalt was defeated by forces su
Battle of White Mountain, oil painting by P. Snaijers
Plan of the battle from Theatrum Europaeum: Bohemians above, Imperial and Bavarian forces below
Painting celebrating the Catholic victory, by Anton Stevens (c. 1610–1675). In the upper part there is Our Lady of Victory surrounded by saints; in the lower left-hand corner there is the victorious Emperor Ferdinand II with his son Ferdinand III and the Bohemian lion.