Kroměříž

= Kroměříž =

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===Kroměříž is the district city of Zlín region. It lies on the river Morava in the southern tip of Haná. There are about 29.000 inhabitants living there. === ===In the year 1997, the town of Kroměříž was proclaimed the most beautiful historical town of the Czech Republic. One year later, in 1998, it was placed on the UNESCO the World Natural and Cultural Inheritance List.===

Bishop Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn rebuilt the residence in an early Baroque style.
The Archiepiscopal Chateau

===The most visited sites of Kroměříž are: The Archiepiscopal Chateau with its famous Gallery, the Chateau Garden, the Flower Garden, the Episcopal Mint and historic cellars. These were founded in the 13th century. Thanks to Charles IV´s decision the cellars got the right to make sacramental wine. The visitors to Kroměříž can visit this place and taste the wine.===

The Wine Cellars and the Archiepiscopal Chateau

The Chateau Garden

The Flower Garden ===In the historical centre of Kroměříž there are six squares which are all worth seeing. The real "heart" of Kroměříž is the Large Square. The dominanting feature of this square is the Baroque Marian Column, build after the plague epidemics of 1680 and the fountain from 1655 installed there as a part of the water system of the town. The most important building on the square is the Town Hall (built between 1550 - 1611). Beside the Town Hall there are many residential and church houses which retained their Renaissance and early-Baroque facades up to the present day.===

The Large Square

On the Large Square there is as well the Museum of Kroměříž where the artistic heritage of the famous painter and graphic artist Max Švabinský, the native of Kroměříž, is displayed.
The Museum of Kroměříž

===Another square is called Assamby Square and it is adjacent to the Large Square with the complex of the Archiepiscopal Chateau and the Archiepiscopal Grammar School. It is possible to go from there through the Mill gate towards the Episcopal Mint.===

===Other squares are: Stojanovo Square with St. Maurice Church, the provost building (1607), the Masaryk square with the church of St. John the Baptist - one of the most important monuments of the 18th century in Moravia, Milíč Square and the oldest square - Riegrovo Square with the Baroque Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the fountain in front of the church and the Plague Column of the Holy Trinity.===

The St. Maurice Church on The Stojan Square



The Church of St. John the Baptist

===There is a very rich cultural life in Kroměříž. Many art festivals and parades are held here. They include the Kroměříž Musical Summer, Forfest - international festival of contemporary spiritual art, the Music in the Chateau and its Gardens, and the International Festival of Military Wind Band.===



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