Let me redo update change text links pictures you name it to tell you better of this wonderful car run in my road warrior ways in two countries. The trip was an eye opener of the positive changes encounter all over in my road trip , and will split the post of the two countries , Czechia (new name) , and Slovakia. It was a cruising trip fast pace by car passing by the cities of Brno, Kurovice , and Otrokovice. Let me tell you more of this wonderful run on my road warrior run of Czechia !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
My first encounter leaving from Prague on the way we stop for lunch at the road rest stops like Benzina, Mol, and Viva along the road 1 dir Brno, etc I continue the road warrior trip passing by Brno in Czechia. Brno was the capital of the historic region of Moravia. It is located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, 112 km from Vienna, 123 km from Bratislava, and 185 km from Prague. Brno was founded in 1243 and remains a fortified town until the 19C. It became the capital of Moravia Margraviate from 1641. It is the political and cultural center of the Southern Moravia region.
Some things I would love to see in Brno are the City/Town hall , built in the 13C, is the oldest civil building in the city. In particular, it holds a high tower, topped by a Renaissance roof. Some parts of the city are underground labyrinths accessible by guided tour with master cellar corner , and ossuary under the Church of St. James (second largest in Europe), modern sewers, tunnels..etc. Also, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Cathedral; The Cathedral, built on the site of a former fortress, dominates Petrov Hill. It is a late Gothic building of the 13C, built on an older crypt, and reengineered in the Baroque style in 1743-1746 after the Swedes burned it during the siege of 1645. The façade and towers were completed at the beginning of the 20C. The fortress of Spielberg was a State prison famous for its dungeons having enclosed protagonists of the Italian Risorgimento. It was also nicknamed “the prison of Nations”. During WWII, the Gestapo invested the fortress, which became a center of torture. This place of sinister memory now houses an exhibition on the history of the city and the Municipal Museum. In the Chartreuse of Parma of Stendhal, the young Fabrice twice expresses his fear of being sent there. The namesti svobody (central republic square) is emblematic of the city.
We had also lunch at the Hotel Atrium before near Brno on highway 1, but since they have discontinue to only offer breakfast anyway a great stop : https://www.hotelatrium.eu/en/restaurant
The Brno tourist office ;https://www.gotobrno.cz/en/
I came by a small town in continuing my road warrior trip, The town of Kurovice is in the Kroměříž district, Zlín region,Czechia. It is about 282 km by car from Prague, The first written mention of the village dates from 1276, I was cruising on the road 55 towards Otrokovice and saw this building, could not tell looks like a church but is not and not the fortress either, Anybody can tell me, but definitively needs to be in my blog on this post.
And I touch base with Otrokovice ,also, in the Zlín region of the Czechia. The town is located at the confluence of Morava and Dřevnice rivers , 10 km from Zlín, 68 km from Brno and 243 km from Prague. The first written mention of the locality dates from 1141. In 1930, the shoe manufacturer Tomáš Baťa created the Baťov industrial zone, in which the subsidiaries of the Baťa company and the aircraft manufacturer Zlín settled. Otrokovice was named Baťov between 1938 and 1946 and Otrokovice-Kvítkovice between 1960 and 1964. The Bata Canal is the historical waterway on the Morava river. It is also possible to navigate there now. The canal is passable from Spytihněv to Strážnice. The castle Nový Světlov was built in Gothic style . Buchlovice castle from the end of 17C and the beginning of the 18C0 Brumov castle is from the year 1255 The castle opens from the beginnig of May, You can visit the Jewish cementary. Bucovice castle, this casle has 3 floors and arcades on 3 sides of the courtyard. The visitors of the castle can be surprised with the mannerism ornamentation of the room for Emperor and with the Bird Hall. The area is literally filled with many other castles I just mentioned the ones I would had love to visit.
The City of Otrokovice on things to see :https://www.otrokovice.cz/en/vismo/osnova.asp
The Czechia highways was a help : https://www.motorway.cz/index.php
The Czechia tourist office: https://www.visitczechia.com/en-us
There you go folks, you have enjoy it and take the chance tell me about it ok. I went by smaller towns but no pictures to show they were Rasnov (Czechia) with lots of country farms ! Again, hope you enjoy this wonderful tour of my road warrior run of Czechia !! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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