Valašské+Meziříčí


 * VALAŠSKÉ MEZIŘÍČÍ **

Valašské Meziříčí is a small town situated in eastern Moravia, on the confluence of two rivers - the Rožnovská and Vsetínská Bečva, in the middle of woods and beautiful countryside. It has almost 30,000 inhabitants.The first news about our town can be found in the 13th century when our town arose on the crossroads of trade roads and in the 14th century it became an important centre of eastern Moravia. Valašské Meziříčí was originally divided into two parts - Valašské Meziříčí, which was situated on the left bank of the Bečva, and Krasno on its right bank. In 1923 these two parts were united into one town. A deputy of V. M. used to be the prince of Žerotín‘s whose residence was in the Žerotín‘s Castle. Later this castle became a prison for women. Nowadays a lot of concerts and theatre performances take place there. In Krasno we can visit the Kinsky‘s Castle, which is a museum now. Near this castle there is a park with rare species of trees. Except these two castles V. M. has several historical buildings. Most of them are situated in the square - the Town Hall, the House of 12 Appostoles... Near the square there is the St. Mary Church. We can also visit the Church of St. Jakub and the Church of St. Trinity, where the exhibition of renessaince and baroque statues is worth seeing. V. M. is sometimes called Wallachian Athens because it always used to be the centre of culture and education. There are several primary and secondary schools, the cinema. Young people like spending their free time in the M-Club which is situated in the cellar of the Žerotín‘s Castle and they can attend some discoteques and concerts there. In our town we can visit both summer and winter stadium, we can play tennis at tennis courts and a new indoor swimming pool built near the river is considered to be one of the most beautiful and modern not only in Wallachia. Our town is also an important centre of traffic and industry. Products of our factories like Deza or the Gobelin Manufactury are known even abroad. Many famous people were born in this town, e.g a professional tennis player Tomáš Berdych whose best achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semi-finals of the 2010 French open; or Markéta Irglová, a songwriter, musician, singer and actress, who received an Academy Award for Best Original Song and who became the first Czech woman to win an Oscar and at the age of 19 she was the youngest person to win an Oscar in a musical category; or Petr Fiala, a guitarist, violinist, songwriter, singer and leader of the band Mňága a Žďorp, whose first album was called Made in Valmez and contained hit "Hodinový hotel".



the Žerotín‘s Castle http://www.rodinnevylety.cz/kam-s-detmi/kam-na-vylet-s-detmi/valasske-mezirici/attachment/valasske-mezirici-zamek-zerotinu



the Kinsky‘s Castle []



the Church of St. Trinity []



Our new indoor swimming pool []



Tomáš Berdych []



Markéta Irglová []

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