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28 km south of �esk� Krumlov Vy��� Brod is famous for its ancient Cistercian monastery founded in 1259 by Petr Vok of Ro�mberk. The pride of this monastery is the Capitulate Hall, the library /about 70,000 books/ and the picture gallery which formerly housed a group of nine paintings by the Master of Vy��� Brod from the middle of the 14th century, now exhibited in the National Gallery in Prague. The Philosophical Hall and Theological Hall are decorated with frescoes from the 19th century.