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| Karlštejn (40 kms from Prague) | ||
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One of the most important medieval cultural and historical monuments. The Bohemian king and the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Karel IV. built the castle in the year 1348 as his representation seat and to hold the imperial and later also the Bohemian regalia. More info: www.hradkarlstejn.cz |
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| Karlovy Vary (130 kms from Prague) | ||
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The largest health-resort in the Czech Republic. Known already in the times of the king Karel IV.. Twelve basic warm and hot springs are used. There is also the largest golf field in the country located in this city. More info: www.karlovyvary.cz |
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| Hluboká (160 kms from Prague) | ||
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One of the most beautiful and popular castles in the Czech Republic. The original kings' castle in Renaissance style underwent a reconstruction in the 19 th century to receive the new-gothic look it has today. Around the castle, there is a lovely English park with a small baroque hunter castle called Obora, today housing a hunting and forestry museum. More info: www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/hluboka.htm www.hluboka.cz |
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| Český Krumlov (170 kms from Prague) | ||
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Inner-city historical reservation - since 1992 included in the UNESCO World and Natural Heritage Register. The city is dominated by the castle which is the largest in Bohemia right after the Prague Castle. Inside, you can visit a gallery of valuable paintings or see a theatre performance in a natural amphitheater equipped with an unique rotary audience area. More info: www.ceskykrumlov.cz |
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| Telč (160 kms from Prague) | ||
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Telc a unique inner-city historical reservation. You will find a number of monuments here - a renaissance castle and the historical city center consisting of renaissance and baroque houses. This city is unique in Europe and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Record. More info: www.telc-etc.cz |
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| Kutná Hora (90 kms from Prague) | ||
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The town of Kutná Hora owes its origin to the silver mines, the existence of which can be traced back to the first part of the 13th century. The city developed with great rapidity, and at the outbreak of the Hussite Wars, early in the 15th century, was next to Prague the most important in Bohemia, having become the favourite residence of several of the Czech kings. It was here that, on January 18, 1419, Wenceslaus IV signed the famous Decree of Kutná Hora, by which the Czech nation was given three votes in the elections to the faculty of Prague University as against one for the three other "nations" (more details). More info: www.kutnahora.info |
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| Lednice Castle and Village (260 kms from Prague) | ||
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Lednice (historical German name: Eisgrub) is a village in the Czech Republic which was in 1996 inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (together with the twin manor of Valtice) as "an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the Enlightenment and afterwards under the care of a single family." It contains a palace and the largest park in the country, which covers 200 km². More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lednice |
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| Valtice (260 kms from Prague) | ||
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The village of Valtice (German: Feldsberg) in the Czech Republic contains one of the most impressive Baroque residences of Central Europe. It was designed as the seat of the ruling princes of Liechtenstein by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in the early 18th century. Construction was supervised by Domenico Martinelli, who was employed as an on-site architect. The palace is surrounded by an English park with the Temple of Diana (1812) and other Neoclassical structures. Together with the neighbouring manor of Lednice, to which it is connected by a 7km-long lime-tree avenue, Valtice forms the World Heritage Site Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape. More info: |
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| Litomyšl Castle and Town (170 kms from Prague) | ||
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Litomyšl (German: Leitomischl) is a town and municipality in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The eastern Bohemian town of Litomyšl emerged in the 13th century on the site of an older fortified settlement on the Trstenice path - an important trading route linking Bohemia and Moravia. More info: |
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| Žďár nad Sázavou (170 kms from Prague) | ||
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Žďár nad Sázavou is a city in Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 24,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative capital of the Žďár nad Sázavou District. Villages Mělkovice, Radonín, Stržanov and Veselíčko are administrative parts of Žďár nad Sázavou. The Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, one of the World Heritage Sites, is situated there. More info: www.zdarns.cz/Eng/default.asp |
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| Cast and Gardens in Kroměříž (270 kms from Prague) | ||
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Kroměříž (German: Kremsier) is a city in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The town's main landmark is the Baroque Kroměříž Bishop's Palace, where some scenes from Amadeus were filmed. The adjacent Lustgarten, or Pleasure Park, is one of the World Heritage Sites. More info: www.azz.cz |
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| Terezín Memorial (65 kms from Prague) | ||
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On the initiative of the newly created Czechoslovak government, in 1947 the National Suffering Memorial was opened on the site of the suffering of tens of thousands; it was later on renamed the Terezin Memorial. More info: www.pamatnik-terezin.cz |
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| Křivoklát Castle (60 kms from Prague) | ||
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Křivoklát is a village in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is also the place where the medieval Křivoklát Castle is located. The Křivoklát Castle was founded during 12th century. Between 14th and 15th century, first cottages appeared below the castle and the hamlet got known as Budy. Nearby hamlet Čamrdoves grew up, and during 17th and 18th century they become one village. In 1886 the hamlets Budy, Amalín, Čamrdoves, and Častonice created one single administrative unit, the village of Křivoklát. The village is a popular tourist destination today. The village is the center of a local natural reservation (Chráněná krajinná oblast Křivoklátsko). | |
| Konopiště (50 kms from Prague) | ||
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Konopiště is a château (castle) located in the Czech Republic, about 50 km southeast of Prague, outside the city of Benešov. It has become famous as the last residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir of the Austro-Hungarian throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo triggered World War I. The castle was initially constructed as a Gothic fortification in the 13th century. It was later transformed in a Baroque style. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria bought Konopiště in 1887 and rebuilt it into a luxurious residence of the future Emperor. Since 1921, it has been a property of the Czechoslovak and later Czech state. Konopiště castle is now open to the public. Visitors can observe the residential rooms of Franz Ferdinand, a large collection of antlers (Franz Ferdinand was an enthusiastic hunter), an armory with medieval weapons, a shooting hall with moving targets and a garden with Italian Renaissance statues and greenhouses. It is a popular place for weddings. More info: www.zamek-konopiste.cz |
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