Brno
Our hometown Brno is �a centre of South Moravia.
With its 400 000 inhabitants it is the second biggest city in the Czech Republic.
Brno is a city with friendly cosmopolitan atmosfere full of colourful events and scents, from North protected by a collar of hills and with its arms open to the sunny lowlands of South Moravia.
Brno is the city with a dragon as a beloved symbol, the city that has not only two castles - Špilberk and Veveří - but also two Town Halls, and where the bells chime noon one hour earlier. It is so easy to fall in love with our city and love it forever. It deserves it.
Old Town Hall
- Brno´s oldest secular building
- It has Late Gothic portal with a legendary � bent spire
- In its passage there are two symbols of Brno:� Brno dragon and a wooden cart wheel
The Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul
-The bells chime noon from the cathedral already at 11 a.m. every day.
-It stands on the top of Petrov Hill and dominates the city’s skyline.
The vegetable market
In the market center there is the Baroque fountain Parnas with many mythical figures and allegorical animals.
-Near Petrov,there is a park Denis garden which offers� a panoramatic view of Brno.
The vegetable market
From winter till summer you can find under colourful umbrellas the stalls with fresh fruit and vegetables, eggs, flowers and spice...
In the labyrinth under the vegetable market you can see network of passageways and medievals cellars.
The Špilberk castle
-It was founded in the mid 13th century by Bohemian King Presmylid Otakar II
-It was rebuilt as a mighty military fortress and a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries
Špilberk well and carillon
-there is a 114m deep well and a 15-bell carillon on the 2nd courtyard
Villa Tugendhat
-it was registered with � the World Cultural Heritage� UNESCO in 2001.
-masterpiece of functionalist architecture.
-the famous onyx wall was built of several pieces of the giant rare stone,imported from Africa.
Brno Dam
- it covers 252 ha and �10 km
- it was built on the river Svratka between 1936 and 1940
Brno Dam
-it is lined by beaches with a number of playgrounds and sports fields
-near the Brno Dam you can find the Veveří Castle, a romantic medieval residence