Tourist Guide Brno
The second largest town in the country and Moravia’s
traditional capital, Brno was also the historic seat of the Premyslid dynasty.
King Wenceslas I awarded Brno municipal status as early as 1243.
The city’s skyline is dominated by the Špilberk castle,
where an early-Gothic palace with two chapels is still standing. Later on, the
castle was converted into a baroque fortress, and in the 19th century, it became
known as the infamous “Jail of Nations”.
The Petrov hill is topped
by the Gothic cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul. At the beginning of the 16th
century, the Old Town City Hall portal was built, featuring a late Gothic peculiarity
– a crooked pinnacle. Worth at least a brief mention are other historical
buildings – the monastery and convent buildings of religious orders, the
Parnas fountain in the Baroque-naturalist style, the bishop’s court, the
Renaissance palace of the Lords of Lipá and Kunštát, church
of St. Jakub (James), and the Hausperg Palace, nowadays the seat of the Goose
on a String Theater.
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