Loreto
A remarkable place consisting of a cloister, the church of the Lord’s Birth, a Holy Hut and clock tower with a world famous chime that was situated in Prague Hradcany in 1626 – 1627 and used to be pilgrim place Loreto. Loreto was built by Lobkowitz family and designed by Italian builders. Frontispiece was rebuilt in 1720 – 1722 by Krystof and Kilian Diezenhofer. Clock tower with world famous chime from Peter Neumann is a part of frontispiece. The new staircase leads the visitor to the first floor of the arcade and the spaces of the new treasury, with the exhibition from the Loreto treasure. The most valuable piece, in both material and artistic terms, is the famous Diamond Monstrance, made between 1696-99 in the Viennese workshops of J. B. Khünischbauer and M. Stegner. The 6,222 diamonds decorate this treasure.