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Today, the Czech Republic is a state00:00:17
that is located in the center of the00:00:19
European Union, a bridge between east00:00:22
and00:00:25
west, a country with a great history,00:00:28
castles and palaces.00:00:30
plus a unique cultural00:00:33
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heritage. Prague, the golden city, the00:00:45
nation's capital, the heart of00:00:48
Europe. The entrance to the historic00:00:50
center of Starame is formed by the late00:00:53
Gothic Powder Tower.00:01:00
Richly decorated buildings of numerous00:01:02
architectural eras line the route from00:01:05
Powder Tower to the center of the old00:01:07
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town. The Altata ring is known as the00:01:18
heart of the city. The large old town00:01:21
square is framed by magnificent elegant00:01:23
town houseses and churches which appear00:01:26
to protect the old city00:01:30
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hall. The written records of the00:01:37
square's history began in the second00:01:39
half of the 12th century when merchants00:01:42
and traders lived here.00:01:48
The church of our lady of time is a most00:01:51
spectacular structure. In 1365 it was00:01:54
donated by merchants and designed by00:01:56
Peter00:02:01
Pale. It was the bullwalk of Hassite00:02:04
granted by the special favor of King00:02:06
George of Podablood.00:02:11
Joseph, the old Jewish00:02:16
quarter with its old new synagogue,00:02:19
ceremony00:02:23
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hall, and the old cemetery in which00:02:29
around 20,000 people were buried within00:02:32
this relatively confined space.00:02:38
16 bridges cross the mold of a00:02:40
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river. Imperial General Alrech von00:02:48
Valenstein had 20 buildings demolished00:02:50
beneath Prague's castle hill and duly00:02:53
had his luxurious Valenstein Palace00:02:55
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built. The most famous of all the00:03:04
bridges across the Vatava is the Charles00:03:07
Bridge. Here the coronation route led00:03:10
from Visherad to Prague Castle on00:03:15
Rachin. Above the archway, a brass band00:03:18
in traditional medieval costume welcomes00:03:24
onlookers. The view from the tower is00:03:30
breathtaking. The church of St. Nicholas00:03:32
is located on the route up Castle00:03:37
Hill. A huge Jesuit church that is of00:03:40
lavish and lush baroque in almost00:03:42
unimaginable richness and that depicts00:03:45
the triumph of Catholicism against00:03:48
heretical Protestantism.00:03:55
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From here, steep steps lead up Castle00:04:05
Hill. First passing civil buildings and00:04:08
then along vertical stone00:04:11
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walls. In the 14th century, Carl IV had00:04:19
Prague Castle extended in order to00:04:21
present it as a center of his power and00:04:24
also as a pilgrimage destination.00:04:27
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St. Vitus Cathedral became the spiritual00:04:33
center of Bohemia. After Rome and00:04:35
Constantinople, Prague was the most00:04:38
important metropolis in00:04:39
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Europe. Charles wanted his city to00:04:44
possess the largest00:04:47
cathedral. There's another splendid view00:04:49
from the00:04:50
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tower. St. George and glass mosaics00:04:56
dominate the castle courtyard that00:04:58
surrounds St. Vitus00:05:02
Cathedral. In Golden Lane, alchemists00:05:05
tried desperately to produce gold and00:05:08
France Kfka wrote his pros.00:05:14
The southern gardens behind Prague00:05:16
Castle contain a wonderfully designed00:05:18
Baroque park landscape and the royal00:05:21
summer palace, the00:05:22
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Belvidier. Prague is considered to be00:05:28
the mother of all cities, the jewel on00:05:32
the Vava.00:05:42
Kahora is situated close to Prague.00:05:45
Historically, it's one of the country's00:05:47
most important cities and rightly called00:05:49
a treasure00:05:52
chest. This late Gothic cathedral is an00:05:55
architectural00:05:57
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masterpiece. A painted net vault spans00:06:03
its spacious interior and famous three00:06:05
section tented roof.00:06:08
It's difficult to understand how the00:06:10
slender pillars are able to support the00:06:16
vault. The owners of the region silver00:06:18
mines funded the construction of this00:06:20
five aisled house of worship that was00:06:22
named Barbara Church in honor of the00:06:25
patron saint of00:06:27
miners. The cathedral became a glorious00:06:29
symbol of the proprietors of the mines00:06:32
and had even compared with the vites do00:06:34
in Prague.00:06:37
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Due to valuable deposits of silver,00:06:44
Gutnora, apart from Prague, was the most00:06:46
important city in the Kingdom of Bohemia00:06:48
from the 13th to the 18th century00:06:53
AD. In the past, wooden pipes carried00:06:56
drinking water here from far away and00:06:58
directed it to the stone fountain.00:07:03
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About 200 m away, a cemetery chapel00:07:09
features a bizarre00:07:11
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curiosity. A crypt that contains a bone00:07:18
house that accommodates around 40,00000:07:21
human skeletons that have been formed00:07:23
into numerous macab works of art.00:07:28
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The city's oldest monument is the00:07:35
Italian00:07:39
court. Since the 15th century, Bohemia's00:07:42
central mint was also the official00:07:44
residence of the kings who visited00:07:51
Gnoro. The prag groian was coined here00:07:54
for almost 250 years. It was the most00:07:58
important method of payment of this00:07:59
period, a hard currency of the Middle00:08:02
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Ages. In the peaceful hills of Bohemia's00:08:15
Moravian Highlands is Ltomy and its00:08:18
splendid medieval00:08:25
marketplace. Once this provincial Czech00:08:27
town was located on an important trading00:08:30
route, a fact that enabled its00:08:31
inhabitants to enjoy much00:08:36
prosperity. Buildings such as the00:08:38
Perigogium and their wellpreserved00:08:40
scraffiti decoration on the facades00:08:42
refer to the heyday of the00:08:45
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Renaissance. But everything is outshawn00:08:50
by the Tommy Castle that was built on00:08:52
the foundations of a 10th century00:08:54
castle.00:08:56
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An exceptional building in the style of00:09:02
Czech Renaissance with a large dining00:09:04
room where the table culture of that00:09:06
time can be00:09:11
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seen. Even the smaller rooms contain00:09:17
furnishings of the empire.00:09:22
A special showpiece is a Baroque theater00:09:24
whose lour could accommodate an audience00:09:27
of up to00:09:31
150. Here Smetner made his first musical00:09:38
appearance and the birthplace of Smnner00:09:40
became a museum, a place of national00:09:43
pride in which his music comes to00:09:47
life.00:09:52
His music has become stamped on the00:09:55
Czech national identity. Smmet was the00:09:57
first composer to express the longings00:10:00
of his [Music]00:10:12
countrymen. A little further north is00:10:14
Carl's Croner Castle.00:10:16
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The most original Baroque castle in the00:10:21
Czech Republic owned by the counts of00:10:24
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Kinsky. A magnificent building created00:10:31
by Giovani Santini Aishel with two00:10:34
circular rooms that form its center, a00:10:37
column and marble hall.00:10:42
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At the time of the coronation of King00:10:50
Charles V 6th, Front Shekinsky invited00:10:53
the king to the castle which had just00:10:54
been completed and named it after the00:10:56
king.00:10:58
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Further west on the border with Czech00:11:12
and Boravia, Fortress Bof, picturesely00:11:15
situated on a rock protrudes from a00:11:17
wooded00:11:22
hillside. The German Knights Order was00:11:25
awarded the castle by Archduke Oegan of00:11:27
Habsburg as a residence at the end of00:11:30
the 19th century.00:11:33
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Its appearance satisfies all the00:11:39
romantic ideas of a typical medieval00:11:41
princely home and today makes the castle00:11:44
a popular location for historical00:11:46
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films. The roofs and towers are covered00:11:57
with characteristic red bricks that give00:11:59
a quite unusual appearance.00:12:07
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of the original 14th century building.00:12:11
Little remains as the castle was00:12:13
completely renovated in Neo Gothic style00:12:16
when taken over by the Knights00:12:24
Order. It was eventually designated as a00:12:27
natural cultural monument in 1945.00:12:34
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The city of Olamuch is located on the00:12:43
Czech Republic's Hannah plane on the00:12:46
March00:12:48
River and was one of the centers of the00:12:50
realm of great Moravia and was one of00:12:53
the oldest residents of the premisits.00:12:59
Commander Redky lived in Obering along00:13:01
with many of the city's noblemen and00:13:03
wealthy00:13:08
residents. During the 30 years war, the00:13:10
Gothic Olamuch was almost completely00:13:13
destroyed by the Swedes and a new town00:13:16
was built in Baroque00:13:20
style. In 1767, in the Harland Palace00:13:24
lived the 11-year-old Wulfgang Amade00:13:27
Mozart.00:13:30
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And the magnificent Baroque Archbishop00:13:35
Palace still dominates Bishop00:13:41
Square. In Ceremony Hall, many decisions00:13:44
were made beneath a painting of Bishop00:13:46
Rudolfph Yan of Hubsburg.00:13:48
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Its residents clearly had a special00:13:54
fondness for running water as indicated00:13:57
by the Merkar00:14:04
fountain. The breeding ground of opulent00:14:06
sacred architecture lay at the east of00:14:08
the historic town center on the00:14:11
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Fenberg. Instead of the old fortress00:14:16
basilica, St. Ventuslas was00:14:19
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built. All of Olam is a remarkable work00:14:25
of Baroque art and an historic00:14:31
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gem in Rodnoff. The Valakian Museum, a00:14:41
village with a church in typical wooden00:14:43
architecture of the once semi-nomeric00:14:45
goat herds.00:14:47
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Over 120 skillfully reconstructed items00:14:56
are on00:15:02
display, such as a royal and imperial00:15:04
post office and various working places00:15:07
of the time which were housed within the00:15:09
same00:15:17
farmhouse, including furnished parlor.00:15:19
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s and a fully functioning forge00:15:28
demonstrates how iron was worked with00:15:30
physical human strength in the 17th00:15:32
century.00:15:34
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The tranquil town of Grirates in the00:15:52
southeast of today's Czech Republic is a00:15:54
milestone of 19th century Hubsburgian00:15:57
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history. Following the devastation of00:16:04
the 30 years war, Bishop Charles00:16:06
Likenstein had the castle rebuilt.00:16:13
Romeiritz Castle was the traditional00:16:15
summer residence of the bishops of Olamu00:16:17
and became a key influence in the town's00:16:20
cultural00:16:21
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life. Collecting art was a popular00:16:33
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pastime. Here the history of the 19th00:16:39
century comes to life. During the00:16:42
turmoil of the bourgeois revolution of00:16:44
1848, Emperor Ferdinand the first fled00:16:48
from Vienna to Olamu and the Austrian00:16:50
Reichag met here in00:16:52
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chromaritz. The first democratic00:17:01
constitution in Europe was discussed and00:17:03
the idea proclaimed. All state power00:17:06
emanates from the00:17:07
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people. Prince Bishop Likenstein also00:17:15
founded the castle library and in 169400:17:19
wrote a text which contains one of the00:17:21
oldest user rules of a library.00:17:25
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The lower castle garden is a spacious00:17:34
park in English style, but clearly with00:17:37
Versailles as its model. An example of a00:17:40
European princely residence of Baroque00:17:45
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design. In the southeast on today's00:17:56
border with Austria is the Arcadia of00:17:58
the Likenstein.00:17:59
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The huge Leen Nichi Castle, summer00:18:07
residence of the royal princes, which00:18:09
was expanded over the centuries in pure00:18:12
architectural00:18:19
extravagance. Everywhere, splendid wood00:18:21
carvings and00:18:27
paintings. Each room highlights power00:18:29
and wealth right up to the panel00:18:32
ceilings.00:18:35
And the stairs were made of precious00:18:42
wood. The Gothic castle became a00:18:45
Renaissance [Music]00:18:48
palace. The Likenstein princes resided00:18:51
here as in a miniature state and00:18:53
fostered into vogue the Tuda Gothic.00:18:57
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Table culture followed the same00:19:03
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lines. The castle has a French garden00:19:11
with a large greenhouse, well-kept green00:19:14
spaces, and many flower00:19:16
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beds. It's a masterpiece of landscape00:19:25
architecture.00:19:26
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One of the most beautiful landscape00:19:34
parks in Europe connects Lee with the00:19:37
adjacent main residence of the dynasty.00:19:42
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Valtiche is an historic place full of00:20:03
opposites, a world of antiquity and00:20:06
barbarians, Christians and00:20:09
pagans. Moravia was also part of the00:20:12
Austrohungarian Empire, a proud and00:20:14
noble land.00:20:18
Long before the influence of the00:20:19
Habsburg monarchy, the bishops of Pasar00:20:22
held power here in the 11th century and00:20:25
had several well-fortified residences00:20:27
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built. Then followed the lords of Kring00:20:35
and Renstein. Finally, the Likenstein00:20:38
took over this property in00:20:42
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1395 and transformed what was formerly a00:20:48
Gothic fortress into a magnificent00:20:50
Baroque00:20:53
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castle. Consecrated in 1726, the00:20:59
magnificent Baroque castle chapel is00:21:02
regarded to be the most beautiful of its00:21:04
kind in Moravia.00:21:10
Famous is the charm and magic of the00:21:12
castle's park whose landmark is a00:21:14
curious observation tow in the shape of00:21:17
a moish00:21:20
minouette. The Likenstein reigned for00:21:22
almost six00:21:23
centuries. This was their wonderful00:21:26
castle and their garden of Europe.00:21:40
South of Berno on the Austrian border,00:21:42
the Czech town of Mikulof occupies a00:21:45
strategic location on the former trade00:21:47
route between Vienna and00:21:49
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Berno. Soon numerous Jews settled there.00:21:58
There were also 12 synagogues, houses of00:22:01
prayer, and a study00:22:04
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room. The synagogue and around 9000:22:10
buildings have been preserved as00:22:11
cultural00:22:16
monuments. The most precious monument of00:22:18
those days is the Jewish cemetery that00:22:20
was founded in the 15th century.00:22:25
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It contains approximately 4,00000:22:35
tombs. The imposing Renaissance Castle00:22:38
rises picturesely above the00:22:42
town. In00:22:44
1249, Promeial Ottokar III assigned the00:22:47
town and the castle to the Syrian00:22:50
Likensstein family in gratitude for00:22:52
their support.00:22:58
From the central tower, the town could00:23:00
be surveyed and defended. It's a00:23:02
wellpreserved part of the original00:23:04
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castle. When Cardinal Francis of00:23:14
Dietrichstein, subsequent owner of city00:23:16
and castle, started the extensive00:23:18
renovation of the palace, he attached00:23:21
great importance to its library.00:23:24
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Schnarkmore also is located close to the00:23:35
southern state border on a different00:23:37
route to00:23:38
Vienna, an ancient city that in the00:23:41
Middle Ages was a border fortification.00:23:47
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The old San Nikolai Cathedral dates from00:23:51
the 11th century and is home to the00:23:53
glass coffin of St. Bonafas and a pulpit00:23:56
in the form of a world00:23:58
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globe. The adjacent Vensil Chapel00:24:08
overlooks the Tire Valley and its steep00:24:10
slopes packed with grape vines.00:24:13
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A miniature train takes visitors through00:24:21
the city which in almost every century00:24:23
of early modern times suffered under the00:24:25
turmoil of European00:24:28
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politics. In 1648, the Swedes conquered00:24:34
it. In 1742, the Prussians and in00:24:38
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189. The town hall tower is 80 m high00:24:45
and has a striking Gothic00:24:48
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hood. The city guardian had an imposing00:24:58
view of his city until 1924.00:25:00
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In the outermost crag, a millennial00:25:09
romantic rotunda is perched adjacent to00:25:12
the castle which was originally a Gothic00:25:14
castle of the Margaravves and was later00:25:16
converted into a Baroque castle.00:25:29
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Berno is the second largest city in the00:25:36
Czech Republic and at the same time the00:25:39
metropolis of Moravia and nostalgically00:25:42
known also as the suburbs of00:25:47
Vienna. From the hilltown of the Kelts00:25:50
grew a lively town with buildings of the00:25:52
period of promoterism of the00:25:54
Austrohungarian00:26:00
Empire. Buildings whose facads are00:26:02
decorated with artistic00:26:07
figures. The Bruno Dragon attracts00:26:10
attention on the way to the Oldtown00:26:12
Hall.00:26:14
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The festival room with its plastic wall00:26:19
paintings has been beautifully restored00:26:21
and is open to the00:26:25
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public. The portal of master pilgrim00:26:30
with leaning middle tower adorns a 63 m00:26:33
high tower which is crowned by a00:26:35
Renaissance peak.00:26:37
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The view from the top is00:26:45
outstanding. On the Petro, high above00:26:47
the old town is the00:26:51
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cathedral. The Peter and Paul Cathedral00:26:55
is situated on the site where once stood00:26:57
a castle and a Roman-esque church.00:27:06
It was rebuilt many times, altered and00:27:08
extended until finally its interior00:27:11
shone in Baroque splendor. Its exterior00:27:14
regicized around a century00:27:16
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ago. In the middle of a hilly landscape00:27:32
is located the wellpreserved Gothic00:27:35
Panstein fortress.00:27:41
Fortified yet never00:27:45
occupied. The interiors, including the00:27:47
castle chapel, have remained unchanged00:27:49
right up to the present00:27:50
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day. One of the country's most00:27:58
influential and powerful aristocratic00:28:00
families founded the castle in the 13th00:28:02
century.00:28:04
Although it's been repeatedly rebuilt00:28:06
and expanded in the style of late Gothic00:28:09
and Renaissance, its medieval atmosphere00:28:11
is very much alive00:28:13
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today. Close by is the small town of00:28:27
Zelanad Sazivore with its main00:28:29
attraction at the nearby Green Mountain.00:28:33
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The famous Yan of Nepomak church. A00:28:40
superb example of Christian00:28:44
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architecture. This house of God is00:28:51
dedicated to the patron saint of Bohemia00:28:54
and was designed by way of a pentagonal00:28:56
plan in the middle of a pentagonal00:28:59
cemetery.00:29:01
The magic number five symbolizes the00:29:04
five wounds of00:29:08
Christ. At the foot of the hill in the00:29:10
13th century, the Cistersians founded a00:29:13
convent for their00:29:14
order. Today, in the preacy of the00:29:17
monastery, there's a book and font00:29:24
museum. At the beginning of the 18th00:29:26
century, the monastery enjoyed a golden00:29:28
period.00:29:29
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Abbott Vakla Vuva engaged the visionary00:29:36
architect Giovani Santini for the00:29:38
remodeling of both monastery and00:29:43
church. The famous architect took full00:29:45
control of the transformation and00:29:47
created one of the most important00:29:49
buildings of Baroque Gothic in the Czech00:29:51
Republic.00:29:53
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Not far away, the biggest open air00:30:09
museum in Bohemia was established.00:30:12
Wisconsin00:30:13
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Visoina with historic village buildings00:30:21
and original village life, including00:30:23
everyday00:30:24
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furnishings. Numerous craftsmen set up00:30:33
home in the small wooden houses.00:30:37
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The typical simple wooden 17th to 19th00:30:45
century buildings provided cozy00:30:46
accommodation for the working00:30:48
[Music]00:30:55
people. Both bedroom and living room was00:30:57
one often with an attached00:30:59
[Music]00:31:03
barn. A rural idol difficult to imagine00:31:08
[Music]00:31:18
today. Situated in the southwest of the00:31:21
Czech region of Moravia is Trevich, a00:31:24
small town located picturesely on the00:31:26
banks of the Iglava00:31:31
River. Here in 111 AD, Benedicting monks00:31:35
founded a monastery on a hill around00:31:37
which they held a market that attracted00:31:39
many00:31:41
[Music]00:31:47
merchants. The St. Proopius Basilica was00:31:50
built in the 13th century and directly00:31:52
adjacent is a Renaissance castle which00:31:55
originated from the monastery in the00:31:57
15th century.00:32:02
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From the city tower, there's an00:32:06
extensive view of the00:32:13
city. The painted house of an Italian00:32:15
merchant is one of the city's finest00:32:18
middle-class buildings.00:32:23
Many Jews came here and founded a Jewish00:32:25
district which to this day has been00:32:27
preserved. And with its small streets,00:32:30
synagogues, and more than 120 buildings,00:32:33
it's become a UNESCO World Heritage00:32:39
site. A Jewish city was formed within a00:32:41
former ancillary village of the00:32:43
monastery. The emergence of the ghetto00:32:45
itself only came about in 1723.00:32:50
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Later the district became a Christian00:32:55
workingclass00:33:00
district. The old Jewish cemetery is on00:33:03
the hill above an historic cultural site00:33:06
and at the same time a somewhat00:33:08
depressing memorial.00:33:15
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In the west is Telk, once an important00:33:22
trading post between Prague and00:33:25
[Music]00:33:29
Vienna. In the 13th century, this small00:33:31
settlement was protected by a castle and00:33:34
in the 14th century was granted the00:33:36
status of a city. Today, Telk is00:33:39
considered to be the most beautiful00:33:41
medieval town in the Czech00:33:46
Republic. Magnificent buildings line the00:33:48
elongated marketplace where there are00:33:50
two baroque fountains and a plague00:33:52
column that date back to 1717.00:33:58
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Each building has a picturesque arcade00:34:05
of approximately the same height. And00:34:08
one to twotory buildings with three00:34:10
arcades line up like pearls on a00:34:13
[Music]00:34:20
string. The cleverly crafted facads make00:34:23
it look as though the buildings contain00:34:25
an additional story. and the two towers00:34:27
of a Jesuit church crown the upper00:34:30
section of the [Music]00:34:31
[Applause]00:34:33
marketplace. In the mid-6th century,00:34:36
this former Gothic water castle was the00:34:38
property of the noble Lord of00:34:40
Radic. It was subsequently extended and00:34:43
transformed into a magnificent00:34:45
Renaissance00:34:51
castle. Within the chapel lie at rest00:34:54
Zachariah Sephraric and Katarina of00:34:58
[Music]00:35:00
Valenstein. The main entrance to the00:35:03
castle is via a00:35:04
[Music]00:35:07
courtyard. The castle visit begins in00:35:10
the treasure trove. The first floor00:35:13
leads through the theater hall past the00:35:15
African00:35:16
hall and then to the Knights Hall with00:35:19
its quadrangular panled ceiling.00:35:22
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Telka is an historical treasure and a00:35:28
UNESCO World Heritage00:35:32
[Music]00:35:40
site. In the south on the Austrian00:35:42
border is Chesi Kromloff, an00:35:44
extraordinary city full of living00:35:46
history.00:35:54
On the slopes of Castle Hill is the00:35:57
Latran district whose inhabitants00:35:59
formerly ran the castle's00:36:05
[Music]00:36:07
finances. The place of Harmon in the00:36:11
center of downtown is surrounded by town00:36:13
houses predominantly from Gothic and00:36:15
Renaissance times.00:36:18
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Directly below the castle, the young00:36:27
mold of a river is a natural barrier00:36:30
between the old city and castle00:36:35
[Applause]00:36:36
hill. Bridges point to the city and a00:36:39
steep stone stairway leads to its00:36:41
highest point, Santa's Church.00:36:49
A small park provides an unexpected view00:36:51
of both the castle and the Latran00:36:57
[Music]00:37:03
district. The interaction between the00:37:05
river and the old town has always00:37:07
fascinated. So people settled on the00:37:09
riverbank even though flooding was a00:37:11
regular occurrence.00:37:21
Past the bear moat, the route leads to a00:37:23
courtyard and to the early Gothic castle00:37:26
residence of the Vitagon's00:37:30
family. The adilic valley ferry was the00:37:32
basis of the gradual emergence of the00:37:34
city.00:37:39
The upper castle was for the city's00:37:41
noble families and closest00:37:44
[Music]00:37:48
courtiers. Vilhelm of Rosenberg had the00:37:50
castle transformed into a00:37:56
palace. Several generations followed00:37:58
such as the Habsburgs, Eggenburgers and00:38:01
Schwartzenbergs, but the city always00:38:03
retained its historic and artistic00:38:05
character.00:38:11
[Music]00:38:18
Cheske Bur Jovichi was founded by00:38:21
Premisil Autocar II in 1295.00:38:26
[Music]00:38:31
The city soon became a stronghold of00:38:32
royal power in South Bohemia and its00:38:35
administrative, cultural, and economic00:38:38
[Music]00:38:43
center. The Baroque Town Hall impresses00:38:45
with coats of arms and figures on its00:38:47
ballastread, and three towers with00:38:50
sculptures indicate that the town's00:38:52
people were in control here.00:39:06
King Bremisil encouraged mostly German00:39:08
colonists to settle, had a double city00:39:11
wall and moat built, and under Emperor00:39:14
Charles IV, silver mining was permitted.00:39:21
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Santa Nicholas Cathedral is on the00:39:29
northeast corner of the00:39:31
marketplace. The original Gothic church00:39:33
and the entire city was spared in the 3000:39:36
years war, devastated by fire in 164100:39:40
and rebuilt according to Baroque design.00:39:48
Adjacent is the black tower from where00:39:50
guards once observed the entire00:39:53
[Music]00:39:58
town. The milstream joins the moat and00:40:00
protects the old town even today.00:40:09
[Music]00:40:15
South Bohemian's People's Baroque is the00:40:18
name of the village architecture of the00:40:20
18th and 19th centuries that the nearby00:40:23
wellpreserved village of Hollovviche00:40:33
characterizes. In 1292, King Vensel II00:40:36
donated several villages to the Vissro00:40:39
Abbey, including Bolosviche.00:40:42
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This was followed by 500 years of00:40:52
monastic life. Both residential and farm00:40:55
houses developed a functional lifestyle.00:41:04
Around a green village square with00:41:06
church and pond is an ensemble of 2200:41:09
buildings that symbolize an impressive00:41:11
idol of a medieval village00:41:15
[Music]00:41:21
[Applause]00:41:26
community. Nearby and slightly north is00:41:28
a magnificent castle complex in the00:41:31
small town of Luboka Nadl Vlatavu whose00:41:34
history dates back to the 13th00:41:40
[Music]00:41:41
century. It was built to protect the00:41:44
kingdom's borders and over time it had00:41:47
many owners.00:41:54
In 1562, Emperor Ferdinand I handed the00:41:57
castle and its courtyard over to00:42:02
Yakimaric. The castle became a00:42:10
palace. Architect Beer created the00:42:13
popular architecture of English00:42:18
Romanesque. A bohemian Windsor castle00:42:21
was created. A fairy tale castle of both00:42:24
tuda gothic and Renaissance00:42:27
design with Venetian crystal00:42:29
chandeliers, delfted wear, artful wood00:42:32
paneling and magnificent paintings and00:42:39
portraits. The path across the courtyard00:42:41
provides a view to the00:42:45
tower. The great ceremonial hall of the00:42:48
former Baroque Palace subsequently00:42:51
became the00:42:54
library and an armory is situated in the00:42:57
[Applause]00:43:00
[Music]00:43:03
rondelle. It was a violent time when00:43:05
only faith sustained the people.00:43:07
Therefore, the castle chapel of Luboka00:43:10
played an important role.00:43:15
[Music]00:43:28
30 km southwest of Prague and surrounded00:43:31
by a dense forest landscape, the00:43:33
monumental Gothic Kalstein fortress is00:43:36
grandly located, though almost totally00:43:39
hidden on a cliff.00:43:44
Today, visitors come from around the00:43:45
world to see this remarkable00:43:50
structure. It's the most famous castle00:43:52
in the Czech Republic and was built by00:43:54
Emperor Carl IV for a single purpose, as00:43:57
a secure place in which to store the00:44:00
crown jewels.00:44:04
[Music]00:44:10
The Czech king and emperor of the Holy00:44:12
Roman Empire was a remarkable man for a00:44:14
number of reasons that unfolded during00:44:16
his00:44:21
reign. He founded a university, had00:44:24
Prague St. Vitus Cathedral built, and00:44:27
finally this castle which was designed00:44:29
to safeguard his personal00:44:33
treasures.00:44:36
Emperor Charles was extremely00:44:41
religious. An enclosed bridge leads to00:44:43
the final and highest building, the00:44:46
Great00:44:50
Tower. On the second floor is the Chapel00:44:52
of the Holy Cross. A unique room with00:44:56
splendid furnishings.00:45:00
[Applause]00:45:04
and the insignia of the Holy Roman00:45:10
Empire. Throughout Europe, Charles IV00:45:12
left a unique and indelible image, the00:45:15
epitome of religious power and00:45:19
[Music]00:45:30
glory. Pictures embedded in the river00:45:33
valley of Taple is located in the west00:45:36
the country's largest and most famous00:45:38
spa, Galora Vivari.00:45:42
[Music]00:45:45
providing the beneficial effects of hot00:45:47
mineral00:45:51
springs and relaxing strolls along its00:45:54
prominard with a theater, the former00:45:56
meeting place of European00:46:06
nobility. During the 19th century, a00:46:08
large number of grand hotels and villas00:46:10
were built. At the time of the Bell00:46:13
Poke, anyone who was anyone just had to00:46:15
be00:46:17
[Music]00:46:24
seen. The Russian Orthodox Church points00:46:27
discreetly to its00:46:28
[Music]00:46:31
visitors, and artful colonades protect00:46:33
the valuable medicinal waters which00:46:36
continually gush from the depths00:46:39
[Music]00:46:45
below. The Milstream Colonade is the00:46:48
largest in the town with a length of 13200:46:50
m and with 124 columns.00:46:56
[Music]00:47:01
There are 12 sources of up to 73° C of00:47:04
hot water.00:47:07
[Music]00:47:16
Marian00:47:17
[Music]00:47:19
Skilanski, the earliest Czech spa, but00:47:22
considerably more ornate and famous.00:47:24
Nestled at the end of a fertile00:47:27
[Music]00:47:33
valley, surrounded by parks, this spa00:47:36
emerged in the second half of the 19th00:47:38
century.00:47:46
[Applause]00:47:47
140 mineral springs were counted within00:47:50
and around the00:47:54
[Music]00:47:56
spa and the main colonade with its00:47:58
singing fountain is considered to be a00:48:00
jewel of European resort architecture00:48:03
with ceiling paintings and neo baroque00:48:06
elements.00:48:07
[Music]00:48:12
Here the healing water is drunk directly00:48:15
from its00:48:19
source. And the filigree iron00:48:21
construction of the main colonade is00:48:23
quite a00:48:32
sight. On the hill is a dreamy gutter.00:48:38
And the Russian road leads to the00:48:40
Russian Orthodox Vladimir Church that00:48:42
was built for its many Russian visitors00:48:44
in 191.00:48:48
[Music]00:48:59
A railroad led from Maranskilansky to00:49:01
Pilson, the country's third largest city00:49:04
and the European capital of culture,00:49:06
which was founded during the rule of00:49:07
King Vaklav II at the end of the 13th00:49:11
[Music]00:49:18
century. The Renaissance Town Hall00:49:20
behind the Santa Bartholomew Cathedral00:49:23
attracts attention with its gravity00:49:25
designs and gables.00:49:28
[Music]00:49:30
Magnificent mansions frame a central00:49:32
square which was the intersection of00:49:34
various important trading00:49:36
[Music]00:49:39
routes. The Franciscan monastery is one00:49:42
of the oldest and most treasured00:49:43
buildings in the00:49:44
city. Its construction began during the00:49:47
city's formative years and was00:49:49
originally designed for the Minerite00:49:51
order.00:49:54
The monastery contains the Diosisen00:49:57
[Music]00:50:00
Museum. Parks adorn the00:50:04
city and a unique symbiosis between00:50:07
religion and art constitutes the great00:50:10
synagogue, the third largest in the00:50:12
world outside Jerusalem and Budapest.00:50:18
Jewish merchants contributed a great00:50:20
deal to the building and development of00:50:21
the city and to whom freedom of religion00:50:24
was guaranteed by the00:50:25
[Music]00:50:29
king and everywhere celebrates the00:50:32
middle00:50:34
ages. Pilson is world famous for its00:50:37
beer. Its brewery having an historic and00:50:39
majestic entrance which has become the00:50:41
symbol of the00:50:43
city.00:50:45
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Picturesque villages, impressive00:50:52
castles, and medieval towns have made00:50:55
this country into a priceless00:50:59
gem. Here, fairy tales and legends still00:51:02
blossom. And today, the Czech Republic00:51:04
is most certainly a cultural land set00:51:07
within the very heart of Europe.00:51:10
[Music]00:51:19
[Applause]00:51:21
[Music]00:51:29
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Travel video about destination Czech Republic. Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital, ‘Golden City’, is full of history. The entrance to the historic centre of Stare Mesto is formed by the Late Gothic, Powder Tower. The Altstädter Ring is known as the heart of the city and the large Old Town Square is framed by magnificent, elegant town houses and churches. The most famous of all the bridges across the Vltava is the Charles Bridge from where the Coronation route led from Vyšehrad to Prague Castle on the Hradschin. Kutna Hora is situated close to Prague and historically is one of the country’s most important cities and rightly referred to as a treasure chest. Due to valuable deposits of silver, apart from Prague, it was the most important city in the Kingdom of Bohemia from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century. In the peaceful hills of Bohemia’s Moravian Highlands, is Litomyšl and its splendid mediaeval marketplace. It was once located on an important trading route, a fact that enabled its inhabitants to enjoy much prosperity. The tranquil town of Kromĕříž in the southeast of todays’ Czech Republic is a milestone of nineteenth century Habsburgian history. Following the devastation of the Thirty Years’ War, Bishop Charles Liechtenstein had the castle rebuilt. Kromĕříž Castle was the traditional summer residence of the bishops of Olomouc and became a key influence in the town’s cultural life. In the west is Telč, once an important trading post between Prague and Vienna. In the thirteenth century the small settlement was protected by a castle and in the fourteenth century was granted the status of a city. Today it is considered to be the most beautiful mediaeval town in the Czech Republic. Picturesque villages, impressive castles and mediaeval towns have made this country into a priceless gem. Here fairy tales and legends still blossom and today the Czech Republic is most certainly a cultural land set within the very heart of Europe. -------------- Watch more travel videos ► https://www.youtube.com/user/ExpozaTravel/videos Join us. Subscribe now! ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3o_gaqvLoPSRVMc2GmkDrg?sub_confirmation=1 Arcadia Television Live TV: https://www.arcadiatelevision.com/ Be our fan on Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Follow us on Twitter ► http://goo.gl/334ln5 -------------- Thanks for all your support, rating the video and leaving a comment is always appreciated! Please: respect each other in the comments. Expoza Travel is taking you on a journey to the earth's most beautiful and fascinating places. Get inspiration and essentials with our travel guide videos and documentaries for your next trip, holiday, vacation or simply enjoy and get tips about all the beauty in the world... It is yours to discover!
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