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Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Olomouc (German: Olmütz) is a city in Moravia, in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The city covers 103.36 sq km (39.91 sq mi) and has a population exceeding 100,000 people (2011 estimate), within an urban area of 480,000 people. It is located on the banks of the Morava river, about 219 m (719 ft) above sea level.
Guide to Olomouc Hotels
Here's a list of hotels in Olomouc that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.
The Holy Trinity Column at Horni náměsti, the main square in Olomouc
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Although the Romans established a fort in the area during the first century AD, it was the Slavs who established the first settlement here in the 7th century. By the 9th century, the Slavonic ruler was subdued by the Great Moravian rulers. The original town was destroyed as a result, and a new settlement established, which today forms a neighborhood of the inner city.The city called Olomouc was established in the 13th century. It became the biggest town in Moravia. It had a Jewish community that settled there as early as AD 906. Over the centuries the Jews in Olomouc suffered discrimination a number of times. They were forced to live in a ghetto in 1060, and was eventually expelled in 1454. They were only allowed back in 1848, and a synagogue was once again built in the city in 1897.
St Wenceslas Cathedral, Olomouc
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Olomouc experienced its golden age from the second half of the 15th century until the Thirty Years' War in 1640, when it was captured by Swedish forces and occupied for eight years. From then onwards, it went into decline. In 1740 it was captured and briefly occupied by the Prussians. The city came under Czechoslovakia after World War I. It was occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War, during which time the Jews once again suffered discrimination, with thousands sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp as well as other concentration camps in Poland.
After the war, Olomouc was once again part of Czechoslovakia until the Velvet Revolution, which made it part of independent Czech Republic. Today it is an industrial city. Although not as popular as a tourist destination if compared to Prague, Český Krumlov and Karlovy Vary, it has the second largest Old Town in the Czech Republic after Prague.
The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Olomouc
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Visiting Olomouc
Olomouc is about two and a half hours away from Prague by the IC/EC trains.Places of Interest in Olomouc
- Church of Our Lady of Snows
Church built in 1712 once served as the university church. - Church of St Maurice
This 15th century church has two asymmetrical towers. It has beautiful stained-glass windows and wall paintings. It also has the largest church organ in Central Europe. - Church of St Michael
Church built by the Dominican monks on the highest point in Olomouc. The original church was built in 1240. Present structure dates from 1673. - Holy Trinity Column
Baroque column in the town square with figures representing the Holy Trinity. - Horni náměsti
Main square of Olomouoc surrounded by a number of tourist attractions. - Olomouc Art Museum
Museum housed in a historic building that has been readapted into the modern age. It displays paintings by Italian masters from the 14th to 20th centuries. - Pŕemyslid Palace
Romanesque-style palace, located next to St Wenceslas Cathedral. It is regarded as one of the most elegant buildings in Olomouc, and one of the most magnificent residential buildings in Europe. - St Jan Sarkander Chapel
Neo-Baroque chapel built in 1909-12 on the site of the old town prison. - St Wenceslas Cathedral
Church built in the Neo-Gothic style in 1883. It sits on the site of the former Romanesque church dating to 1107.
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