Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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206 km (128 miles) SE of

Prague. * 387,000.

k 10 km (6 miles) S of Brno.

£ Hlavní Nádraž i. @ Be

Nesova. n Stará radnice,

Radnická 8, 542 211 090.

_ Moto Grand Prix (Aug).

http://www.ticbrno.cz

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Brno’s Freedom Square, with its Baroque Plague Column

BRNO CITY CENTRE

Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul 1

Church of the Holy Cross 2

Freedom Square 6

Moravian Gallery 7

New Town Hall 5

Old Town Hall 4

Špilberk 8

Zelný Square 3

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Bus Station
200 m (220 yards)
Brno-Tuřany
Airport
10 km (6 miles)
Augustinian
Monastery
Sady
Osvobozeni
Railway
Station
Cathedral of Sts Peter
and Paul
Dietrichstein Palace
Moravian Gallery
Moravian Gallery
Moravian Gallery
Špilberk
New
Town Hall
House of the Four Mamlases
St Michael’s
Church
Old Town Hall
Morvian
National
Museum
Reduta
Theatre
Church of the
Holy Cross
Plague
Column
House (Schwarzův palác), with
a 16th-cen tury façade decora-
ted with sgraffito, and the 20th-
century House of the Four
Mamlases (Dům u Čtyř
Mamlasů), whose four comical
Atlas figures strain to support
the building. The chief land-
mark is the Plague Column.
E Moravian Gallery
Husova 18. Tel 532 169 111. #
10am–6pm Wed, Fri–Sun, 10am–
7pm Thu. &
The Moravian Gallery
(Moravská Galerie) is spread
over three premises. The most
unusual collection is at the
UPM (Uměleckoprůmyslové
Muzeum) at Husova 14, dedi-
cated to the applied arts. The
exhibits include superb late
19th-century furniture and
Art Nouveau glassware.

• Špilberk
  Špilberk. Tel 542 123 613.
  Dungeons # Jul, Aug: 9am–5pm
  Tue–Sun. & http://www.spilberk.com
  A hilltop castle was built
  on this site by the Moravians
  in the 13th century, but
  Špilberk gained the status
  of a royal residence only
  400 years later, when it
  was transformed into a
  mighty Baroque fortress.
  Its Dungeons, a maze of dark
  subterranean corridors, were
  transformed, during the reign
  of Emperor Joseph II, into a
  series of gruesome prisons.
  These prisons were later used
  by the Nazis. Displays inside
  relate to Brno and the castle.
  R Augustinian Monastery
  Mendlovo náměstí. Tel 543 424 010.
  Museum # 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
  (to 5pm Nov–Mar). & 7
  The Augustinian monastery
  (Augustiniánský klášter)
  has a fine Gothic church,
  but it is famous above all
  as the place where Gregor
  Mendel (1822–84) discovered
  and formula ted his theory of
  genetics. A Museum, known
  as the Mendelianum and
  dedicated to his work, is
  located in the monas tery’s
  west wing.