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Jihlava (25km) |
In
1992 Telc (6000 inhabitants) was entered in the UNESCO
register and as such was placed under the care of
monument preservation. The State mansion in Telc is
one of the best-preserved renaissance style buildings
in the Czech Republic. The renaissance interior is
also very well preserved. The Lords of Hradec had
the front of the building decorated with sgraffito
plaster and in 1553 the interior’s were decorated
with stucco plaster, wall illusion paintings (trompe
l’oeil) and paintings with a limited number
of colours (chiaroscuro). The main square of the town
is surrounded by beautiful renaissance and baroque
town houses.
More information is available at: www.telc-etc.cz
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An old town
that is worth visiting, with beautiful houses and
interesting town gates.
The international festival of records and curiosities
(for example drinking beer under water and driving
a Skoda car with your ears) takes place here every
year in June.
More information at: Pelhrimov
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Jihlava (50.000
inhabitants) is situated in South Moravia. Not much
has remained of the historical centre but you can
still see many beautiful buildings around Masaryk
square, one of the largest squares in the Czech Republic.
Some renaissance buildings with arcades are beautifully
decorated with sgraffito. The house of the drapery
guild, which now houses the town museum, stands on
the north side of the square. The well known composer,
Gustav Mahler, was born In Kalište u Humpolce,
25km to the south west of Jihlava. Later on he moved
to Jihlava and spent part of his youth there.
More information at: www.jihlava.cz
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| Jindrichuv
Hradec (35km) |
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Cervená
Lhota (25km) |
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Tábor
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This town owes its charm to its location
at the foot of the Czech-Moravian Highlands, on
an island between the Vajgar Lake and the Nežárka
River. Hidden behind the town fortifications this
ancient town offers a harmonic renaissance appearance
with medieval and baroque elements. After the hey-day
of the drapery industry in the 15th and 16th Centuries,
the medieval castle was rebuilt into a mansion in
the Italian renaissance style.
More information at: Mesto Jindrichuv Hradec
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This renaissance mansion, built on
an island on a lake and joined to the mainland by
a stone bridge, is situated near Jindrichuv Hradec.
The mansion owes its name (cervená –
red) to the red colour of the walls and the roof.
You can see baroque frescoes, intimate baroque and
rococo furnishings and beautiful tile stoves here.
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The rebellion of the protestant Hussites
against the Catholics and the German rule was concentrated
in this town, which towers over the hilly landscape
on the route from Prague to Austria, during the
15th century. The stone tables of the Taborites
still stand on the beautiful Tábor square
and there is a museum in the town hall on the square
where the history of the Hussites and Taborites
is explained in detail.
More information at: Turistická kancelár
Tábor
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| Kutná
Hora (100km) |
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Prague (120km) |
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Trebon (65km) |
This town is an historical centre and
a true gem. Kutná Hora has more than three
hundred protected historical monuments. The Cathedral
of St. Barbara takes first place among the many
historical buildings. From December 1995 the historical
centre, the Cathedral of St. Barbara and the Cathedral
of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Sedlec are
all entered on the UNESCO list of World Cultural
Heritage. Next to the last named church you can
see the ossuary chapel, where a large part of the
interior is made of human bones and skulls.
More information at: Mesto Kutná Hora
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In Prague you can see many architectural
treasures in hundreds of preserved mediaeval houses,
palaces, mansions, churches and cathedrals. There
are three important medieval building trends in
the architecture of the town: Romanesque, Gothic
and Classicism. Prague is one of the oldest and
most beautiful metropolises in Europe.
More information at: www.prague-info.cz en www.a-zprague.cz.
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A beautiful town, attractive to tourists,
lies near the Svet pond. The Trebon square is very
photogenic - with gaily coloured facades hiding
various restaurants and stores. The Trebon mansion
and the park surrounding it is also worth seeing.
More information at: www.trebon-mesto.cz of www.trebon.cz
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| Brno (115km) |
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Ceský
Krumlov (115km) |
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Hluboká
(90km) |
Brno
is the largest town in Moravia and the second largest
in the Czech Republic. The town lies on the confluence
of the Svitava and Svratk rivers and is the political
and cultural centre of the South Moravian Region.
Brno has a well-preserved historical centre and is
famous by its modernistic architecture.
More information at: www.brno.cz
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Ceský Krumlov (115km)
The most beautiful town in south Bohemia and entered
in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage register since
1992. The enormous mansion of the Rožemberk
family with its painted round tower towers above
the town. The mansion has a taller and lower section
and is surrounded by a dry moat. The International
Music festival is held here every year from the
end of June to the beginning of August and the Folk
festival “Hurá do Krumlova” (Hurray
let’s go to Krumlov) is held here in the middle
of September.
More information at: Ceský Krumlov detailne
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The Hluboká mansion is situated
8 km to the north of Ceský Budejovice and
was built in the 13th Century. Protestants, who
had to leave the mansion after the Battle on White
Mountain, owned the mansion until 1622. The mansion
was taken over by the German family, Schwarzenberg,
who transformed the mansion into the beautiful building
it appears as now, regardless of money or time in
the 19th Century. In 1945 all Germans had to leave
the country and the Schwarzenbergs had to leave
not only their mansion but also all their property
behind.
More information at: www.hluboka.cz.
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