Dietrichstein tomb

In 1623, under license from the Pope, construction began on the chapel for the nearby Capuchin Monastery, established by Cardinal Franz von Dietrichstein in 1611.

Cardinal brought from the Italian Loretto to Moravia three wooden statues of Black Madonna, one of them he placed into this chapel, which ground stone was posed in 1625.

It was designed by Viennese architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in a Roman monumental Baroque style.

The cupola of this chapel with rich stucco decoration in the Roman Baroque style, and two oblong walls, is all, that remained of its original appearance.

The coffins, the wooden statue of Black Madonna and the Loreta treasury were salvaged and removed to the Church of St. Wenceslaus in Mikulov.

In the middle of the courtyard stands a marble statue of Franz Joseph I, Prince of Dietrichstein, made and signed by Emanuel Max, dated 1859.