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Hradisko is a former Premonstratesian monastery near the river Morava in Olomouc, now serving as a military hospital. It's one of the National Cultural Monuments of Czech Republic. Established in 1078 in a honour of Saint Stephen, the monastery was destroyed 1642 by Swedish army and the most valuable books stolen as war loot. In 17. and 18. century Hradisko was reconstructed in Baroque style. Joseph II., Holy Roman Emperor, abolished the monastery in 1784. The building was used as a theologic seminar up until 1790, then the Austrian army took control over the building which fuction was the store, then the refugee camp and finally in 1802 the military hospital.

The building incorporates Italian Mannerism and Baroque style, projected by G. P. Tencalla and probably D. Martinelli, decorated for example by P. Troger, J. A. Winterhalder, B. Fontana, A. Ricci and others. It's opened for visitation.