The Franciscan Monastery with Church of St. Catherine was built in 1478 and consecrated in 1491. In 1619, during the uprising of the Estates, the church with the convent was destroyed by fi re. Consecration of the repaired church was performed in 1625 under the presence of the Prague archbishop, Arnošt Vojtěch Harrach. The Church of St. Catherine is a late Gothic building with a single nave, and the presbytery is signifi cantly lower and narrower than the nave. Two early Baroque rounded chapels were added at each side of the nave – the Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua and Chapel of St. Porziuncola. The monastery itself is a four-wing building surrounding a paradise garden to the north from the church. Across the street a “small monastery” was joined to the church by means of a covered passage serving as a retreat for widows and a hospital for lepers. After an extensive reconstruction, it now serves as headquarters for the Regional Court.
Attraction:
The Chapel of St. Porziuncola is associated with the famous pilgrimage of Porziuncola in Jindřichův Hradec, held every first Sunday in August.