Vranov Monastery, Baroque monastery in Vranov, Czech Republic.

Vranov Monastery is a Baroque complex in a small Czech village, centered on a church dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The buildings display classic features of the period, including thick stone walls, tall windows, and internal courtyards arranged for contemplation and daily monastic life.

Maximilian of Liechtenstein founded the monastery in 1633 next to the new Baroque pilgrimage church and endowed it with the Mořice estate. The Paulaner community grew to 20 friars by 1640 and 30 by 1771. Joseph II dissolved it in 1784, when it ranked among Moravia's ten richest convents; only the west wing survived as a parish house.

The monastery remains active as a place for worship and community gatherings, where you can see how religious life shapes the use of space. The buildings show how faith traditions have been woven into daily rhythms over centuries.

The monastery lies in Vranov, about ten kilometres north of Brno. Since 2000 the rebuilt complex has housed the Spiritual Centre of Saint Francis of Paola, offering guest accommodation, meals and conference rooms; the surviving west wing, used as a parish house, adjoins the church.

The monastery church holds the Liechtenstein family crypt beneath its presbytery, and the complex was among the ten richest convents in Moravia when Joseph II dissolved it in 1784. The Paulans returned in 1992 and rebuilt the demolished wings between 1997 and 2023.