It was constructed in the mid-19th century and it remains one of the most important architectural landmarks from the period of historicism in the country.

Several Czech and Austrian artists contributed to the decoration of the church, led by František Sequens and Josef Matyáš Trenkwald.

The Church was consecrated on 18 October 1863, on the millennium anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to the Bohemian lands.

The church has been constructed in the late Neo-Romanesque style as a basilica with highly elevated main nave and two towers.

The ground plan contents an entrance hall, three naves and a presbytery with a semicircular apse between two chapels under the towers.