St Thomas’s Abbey, Brno

St Thomas's Abbey is an Augustinian abbey and church located in in the . The geneticist and abbot Gregor Mendel was its most famous religious leader to date, who between 1856 and 1863 conducted his experiments on pea plants in the monastery garden.
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  • Monastery
  • Description: Augustinian monastery in Brno
  • Also known as
    “Augustinian abbey of Brno”
    “Augustinian Abbey of Staré Brno”
    “St Thomas’s Abbey in Brno”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady and Mendel Museum of Masaryk University.
Mendel Museum has been an institution of Masaryk University in , , since 2007.
Špilberk Castle is a castle on the hilltop in , Southern .
490 metres northeast of St Thomas’s Abbey, Brno

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Staré Brno and Žlutý kopec.
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Latitude
49.19172° or 49° 11′ 30″ north
Longitude
16.59413° or 16° 35′ 39″ east
Open location code
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amenity = monastery
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landuse = religious
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“St Thomas’s Abbey, Brno” goes by many names.
Старабрненскі кляштарBelarusian
Старабрненскі манастырBelarusian
Старобърненски манастирBulgarian
Abadia de Sant Tomàs de BrnoCatalan
聖多默隱修院Chinese
Augustiniánský klášter v BrněCzech
Aula Sanctae MariaeCzech
Klášter augustiniánů v BrněCzech
Klášter královéCzech
Králové klášterCzech
Starobrněnský klášterCzech
Sankt Thomas Klosteret i BrünnDanish
Abdij van Sint TomasDutch
Malnov-Brna monaĥejoEsperanto
წმინდა ტომასის სააბატოGeorgian
מנזר תומאס הקדוש בברנוHebrew
Biara Santo Thomas, BrnoIndonesian
Abbazia di San TommasoItalian
Aula Sanctae MariaeLatin
Старобрненский монастырьRussian
Abaid Naomh Tòmas, BrnoScottish Gaelic
opatija sv. Tomaža v BrnuSlovenian
Tu viện Thánh ThomasVietnamese
Tu viện Thánh Thomas, BrnoVietnamese
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”

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