Past and Present of the Jesuit College in Jindřichův Hradec
The National Museum of Photography
The Jesuit College in Jindřichův Hradec, the fourth such college established in Bohemia, was founded in 1594 as a centre for spreading the catholic religion in a predominantly non-catholic town and its surrounding area.
The Jesuits came to Jindřichův Hradec following an invitation from the then landlord of the town and its estates, Adam II of Hradec and his wife Catherine of Monfort. The extensive complex of the college and the nearby seminary, with the originally medieval chapel of Mary Magdalene, was built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries in the proximity of the castle and the parochial church. As the construction work was nearing completion, the college interiors received their embellishments, which we can admire even today, in the form of gorgeous frescoes, especially in the refectory and auditorium.
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