text: what is velehrad (czech) famous for?   hi, velehrad (meaning big castle) is one of the most important  pilgrim sites in the czech republic. the place belonged to the great moravian empire to where st cyril and st methodius brought alphabet and the bible in a slavonic language so the locals would understand it. they actually brought christianity to the moravian part of what today is the czech republic. there is a huge complex of church buildings including monastery (belonging among the biggest european ones) in velehrad, originating from 13th century. there are pics of the interiors and exteriors here: http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:_f7x2wicmskj:www.ado.cz/poutni/velehrad/velehrad.htm+velehrad&hl=cs&ct=clnk&cd=3, http://www.velehrad.cz/vel1.html you can read about it in english here: http://www.heartofeurope.cz/regions_5.html