overview about the place Svatá Hora is not just a basilica with a monastery - it has been a living Marian pilgrimage site for hundreds of years. It is a Baroque gem with countless magnificent views, mysterious places and romantic corners. The central Marian shrine was continuously decorated and modified over the centuries. The two entrance portals in particular are among the best ever built in Bohemia at that time. The work is attributed to the most prominent architect of the time, Christoph Dientzenhofer, while the design of the monumental double staircase on the northern side of the ambulatory connecting to the covered corridor with a staircase to the town is ascribed to his son Kilian Ignaz. more about the place Source: svata-hora.cz Few things are as characteristic of Svatá Hora as its ambulatories. They form a rectangle and were built between 1659 and 1670 based on a design by builder Carlo Lurago. The north and south sides feature nine vaulted bays each, while the east and west sides have seven each. The corners of the ambulatories are enclosed by octagonal chapels, covered by a bell roof with a lantern. The temple is surrounded on all sides by Baroque chapels, the oldest of which is the Chapel of St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier. The most precious work of art in Svatá Hora is the main altar in the basilica and the love statue of Our Lady of Svatá Hora. It is said to have been carved by the first archbishop of Prague, Arnošt of Pardubice, based on the Kladsko Madonna.