One of our most famous composers, Bedřich Smetana, was born on March 2, 1824 at 10 am in the ground floor of the castle brewery in Litomyšl, where the carnival was just culminating. His father, Mr. František Smetana, worked here as a brewer,…

Josef Váchal entered the history not only of the town of Litomyšl as a graphic artist, writer and especially as a creator of books, which he himself made from handmade paper, made typesetting, created black and white and color woodcuts,…

The Regional Museum in Litomyšl can be found on Jiráskova Street no. 133, on the castle hill. It is housed in the building of the former Piarist grammar school, and since the 1990s it has also included Bedřich Smetana's birthplace,…