Abstract
The contribution strives to study the spiritual perception of the sacral landscape in Ústí nad Labem and Ústecký Region, i.e. in those areas which are ranked among the least religious within the Czech Republic. The aim of the article is to explore the landscape perception from the viewpoint of young people in Ústecký Region - with the focus on their spiritual imagery and preferences related to concrete places.
The paper discusses three main interrelated topics, which are linked with the landscape perception in Ústecký Region. The first theme is the sacral landscape associated with the perception of spiritual and personally important places; then the perception of the landscape through the concept of scenic roads; third aim is to approximate the perception of sacral and spiritual elements of the landscape such as churches, chapels, forests, elevated places in the landscape and roadside memorials.
A questionnaire survey has been used to explore the spiritual attitudes of young people studying geography in Ústí nad Labem. The results point out the specific spiritual attitudes toward specific places assuming the condition of very low declared religiosity and provide an overview of the places and feelings associated with them.
The results also point to the specific and relatively significant spiritual perception of certain landscape elements by young people which act in the Ústecký Region.