A late Gothic, three-nave church located in Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic. The church's distinctive feature is its two asymmetrical towers.
Archaeological research conducted in 1973 in the square in front of the church revealed traces of human activity dating back to the Neolithic period. Later, at least from the 10th century, a Slavic settlement existed here, in the center of which traces of a Romanesque building were found – possibly religious, perhaps residential (palace of the then feudal lord?). By the 11th century, a church in the form of a Romanesque rotunda had certainly been erected on this site. The first mention of St. Maurice's Church dates back to 1257. The founder of that church, also built in the Romanesque style, was the Bishop of Olomouc, Bruno of Schauenburk.
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