The Cistercians with the leading authority of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux pointing towards monastic discipline founded monasteries in the places which were difficult to access since they wanted to come closer to God with their hard work.

The wall painting in the baptismal chapel shows the year 1462 – Pope Pius II allowing abbots of Žďár to use pontifical regalia.

Studniční Chapel was part of a cloister and the debris of garden of Eden show the period of prosperity and decay of this place.

After the year 1705 when Václav Vejmluva became a head of the religious communities came the time when there was an architectonic and artistic flourish of the monastery.

The masterpiece of this period is the altar of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary whose concept was made by Jan Santini Aichel.

A perfect example of Santini's creative inventiveness is a built-in music stand and Empire dominant organ in the transept of the church.