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The Radegast statue–Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Ridge route • blue → red • moderateOn foot

The The Radegast statue–Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius section is 3 km long and takes about 55 min.

Part of a long-distance routeCyrilometodějská stezka, the Beskids route

Whole route
  1. The Radegast statueThe Radegast statuestart • 1 105 m a.s.l.The statue was made in 1931 by Albín Polášek, a native of Frenštát. The one on the ridge is a granite replica from 1998 - the original is in the entrance hall of the town hall in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.

    blue waymarks • 2.5 km

    From the statue carry on along the blue waymarks towards Radhošť. A few hundred metres below the summit, at the spot called Zaryje, you pass an information panel and a metal memorial plaque. They mark the place from which the foundation stone of the National Theatre in Prague was quarried. Together with a stone from Říp it stood for the unity of Moravia and Bohemia.

  2. Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and MethodiusRadhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius3 km from the start • 1 129 m a.s.l.This stone chapel from 1898 is Czechia's highest religious building. A pilgrimage comes here in July, around the feast of the Slavic missionaries Cyril and Methodius.