The most significant sights of the town

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Interior of St Giles' Church

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St Giles' Church - the oldest preserved structure (mid-12th century)

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Johann Staudinger's Organ - his masterpiece from 1798
in the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

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Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary built in1250

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Peace Square - the view of the upper end

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Sculpture of Motherhood - the monumental sculpture
of Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer's mother Katharine. Only three
copies of this unique work of art exist in the world

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· St Joseph's Church - a three-naved building
in Neo-Romanesque style from 1894

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The original Town Hall and the House "At the Moor's",
in which Austrian Emperor Joseph II stayed overnight in 1776

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Ottendorfer's Library from 1892. It was built thanks to
the support provided by Svitavy's philanthropist Valentin Oswald
Ottendorfer. At present it serves as a cultural and social center of the town.

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Langer's Villa - built in style of Art Nouveau, was bought by the town
in 1942 and changed into the seat of municipal authorities.

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Marian Column - erected in 1703 after plague epidemics
of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Town Fortification - only small remains of the town walls
and one bastion have been preserved.

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Sculpture of the Holy Trinity by Jiří František Pacák (1670 - 1742), a close co-worker of the famous sculptor Matyáš Braun´s