Augustinian monastery in Roudnice nad Labem, Religious monastery in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic.

The Augustinian monastery in Roudnice nad Labem stands beside the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and displays Gothic features from the 14th century. The complex comprises multiple buildings and courtyards that reflect the typical layout of a medieval monastic site.

Bishop Jan of Dražice founded the monastery in 1333 on the site of a Romanesque bishop's castle, as the first house of Augustinian canons in Bohemia. His successor, Archbishop Arnošt of Pardubic, completed the complex in 1360. Its statutes, recorded in 1347, were adopted by other houses, and in 1421 Jan Žižka's troops destroyed it.

The monastery served as a spiritual center for the region over many centuries and shaped how the town developed around it. You can still see traces of this religious community in the buildings and layout of the complex today.

The monastery stands on the left bank of the Elbe below the former bishop's castle, in the Litoměřice district of the Ústí Region. It lies about an hour's drive north of Prague. The complex is part of the town, so it can be reached on foot; the grounds include the convent church, the paradise garden, the bell tower and the former cemetery.

The name Roudnice comes from an iron spring located in the monastery area that influenced the founding and naming of the entire town. This natural resource played a key role in choosing where to establish this religious center.