Velké+Opatovice

VELKÉ OPATOVICE


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This town is situated in the middle part of Malá Haná which is called Boskovická brázda. The very first written report comes from 1308 AD. The number of inhabitants is 3 989 (a survey from 11th March 2011).


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__**A visit to Velké Opatovice**__ (see the link below)

[|a video]


 * __The most interesting places in the town:__**

The **__CASTLE__** in Velké Opatovice was built in the eighteenth century and it is protected as the Czech Republic national monument



The **MORAVIAN CARTOGRAPHIC CENTRE** (MKC) is located in the castle. It is considered to be a unique project of both the Czech Republic and Europe. The exposition focuses on maps of the Earth´s surface imaging historical development and on the cartographic map processing in the area of the Czech Republic. For more information visit our INFO CENTRE [|MKC]


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 * Interiér muzea ||



A beautiful **PARK** with Bedřich Smetana statue (by Karel Otáhal) sprawls round the castle



Listen to my favourite piece of music by B. Smetana [|here]

St. George **CHURCH** near the park



And a **SCHOOL** I work at



A new **SWIMMING POOL** in Velké Opatovice





To watch films you can visit two **CINEMAS** in Velké Opatovice (so called "a winter cinema" and "a summer cinema")




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A cinema programme [|here]


 * To explore the town visit our websites** [|here]