The Franciscan Monastery is located near the Main Square in Plzeň, Czech Republic. Originally Minorites, later Franciscan monastery was founded in the end of 13th century. Church of Assumpton of Virgin Mary, Chapterhouse and Chapel of St. Barbara also belong to the monastery complex. The Franciscan church and monastery are among the city's oldest buildings and, for all the calamities of the Hussite era and Thirty Years War, have, in essence, preserved their original early Gothic form.