It was built in 1107-1131 as a Romanesque basilica, rebuilt in the 14th century in Gothic style, and the 19th century in neo-Gothic style. In the cathedral, King Wenceslas III, who was assassinated in Olomouc in 1306, was buried. In 1326, his remains were moved to the Přemyslid burial site in the royal collegiate hall at Prague’s Zbraslav Castle.
Inside the cathedral there is a tomb and a statue of St. John Sarkander-martyr and saint of the Catholic Church, patron saint of Moravia and Silesia.
At the main altar of the cathedral are its most valuable monuments-four 15th-century statues of the Fathers of the Church, by Mina de Fiesole. It also houses the relics of St. Ursula of Cologne. St. Wenceslas Cathedral has the largest bell in Moravia.
