M50 (2024) / Markéta Olšarová
Markéta Olšarová's installation is based on the architectural plan of Water Tower 1, which is built on a square plan. In addition, there are 50 arches referring to the name of her project and to the M50 star cluster, which includes the constellation of the Unicorn. The artist coated the lower edges of the arches with a luminescent film that reacts to the intensity of light. Visitors [...]
Light installation (2024) / Michal Mitro
Michal Mitro was inspired by the shape of the structure supporting the walls of the church. The triangle, referring in its form to the depiction of the Holy Trinity, became fundamental for him. At first glance, the artist filled the triangular, inconspicuous opening in the structure with fluorescent Plexiglas, which concentrates naturally diffused daylight and electric lighting. In doing so, he programmed the lighting of the work in a time loop that changes in intensity. This creates a contrast [...]
Parnas fountain
The Baroque Parnassus Fountain, the dominant feature of the Green Market, will be festively illuminated for visitors during the Christmas market period.The lighting will be provided by VISUALOVE. Installation date: 15 November - 31 December 2024
Love (2021) / David Možný
In the case of the LOVE installation, David Možný has played with precisely rendered letters, whose shape depicts the acknowledged source of energy coming from a propane bottle. Gas, an everyday material (at least for those who have a gas stove), is here transformed into a spectacular experience in a manner characteristic of Možný's work. At the same time, the word love, in this case written in an internationally legible way, can be interpreted not only as a [...]
Atelier of the Bell Ringers and Potters
Visit the special stand called Atelier of the Bell Ringers and Potters in honor of the 100-year tradition of the Christmas tree and buy a Christmas bell that helps. The stand, which will show the final stages of jingle bell making, can be found at the corner of the square at Běhounská and Kobližná streets. Proceeds from the sale will be divided equally between the Dagmar Children's Home and the [...]
Christmas balls from the astronomical clock
The well-known quirky time machine on Brno's main square has a special gift for you for Brno Christmas - glass balls with a Christmas motif. It is a snowflake. The marbles will be dropped throughout the Brno Christmas from 22 November 17:00 to 23 December 11:00. Every day one will be dropped at 11 am, on Fridays and weekends a total of thirteen will be dropped from 11:00 [...]
Church of St. John with Loreto
The Church of St. John, the Evangelist and the Baptist has been an integral part of Brno since the 13th century, although its appearance has changed over the centuries, especially in the Baroque period after the reconstruction led by architect Mořic Grimm. The prominent architect Mořic Grimm built the Loreto, an imitation of the Holy Family House, next to the Church of St. John. A few years later it was Grimm again, [...]
Christmas Village
That Christmas is the most popular children's holiday, there is no doubt. And for the second year, the Brno ones have prepared a special village with smaller stalls, which are adapted to children.
Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross
The church in the typical Capuchin style, in the spirit of simplicity, has stood on its site since the middle of the 17th century. The ideal of poverty is also commemorated by the mosaic of St. Francis on the façade of the church. Inside the church, the altarpiece by the German painter Joachim von Sandrart is worth noting. The crypt beneath the church served as a burial place for the monks, nobility and benefactors of the order, [...]
Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul
An unmissable landmark is the hill called Petrov. The sacral history of this place dates back to the 11th-12th century, when a Romanesque chapel was built on Petrov. The bells on the towers here ring at 11 o'clock noon, recalling the legend of the stratagem used by General Raduit de Souches during the siege of Brno by Swedish troops. According to legend, General Torstenson [...]
