Places of interest

Published: 7.3.2008

Along Lužnice river, in South Bohemian Region, there is situated the town of Tábor. It is the second greatest town of this region. Tábor is an important tourist centre, its historical nucleus is declared as a monumental zone. Tábor is divided into 15 quarters, 36 000 inhabitants are living here. The town is important especially thanks to Hussite Movement and is known as railway junction also.

Published: 4.3.2008

Status-town of Ústí nad Labem is situated in northwestern Bohemia, at confluence of Elbe and Bílina rivers, in Ústí nad Labem district. The name of a town is probably derived from its position – confluence of two rivers. As to written sources, the first notice comes of 1368.

Published: 29.2.2008

The second type of Prague underground carriages which substituted old-fashioned waggons Ečs, was started into operation in 1978. From the beginning, it was in operation in a section of "A" line from Náměstí Míru to Dejvice. As a novelty, it became a model 81-71, one of main Soviet sets, manufactured in Mytiščin Industrial Works, speciallly for operation in Prague underground.

Published: 28.2.2008

This dominanta of Giant Mountains is situated in northwestern direction of Horní Mísečky community. Kotel (Kettle) peak is 1435 m high, and it is a dominion of ice, snow and wild wind. This protected area created by glacier formations is placed in the first belt of National Park, at southern and southeastern slope of Kotel.

Published: 28.2.2008

The town of Nový Bor is situated in district Česká Lípa in Liberec Region. Original community was founded after 30-years´war, as a town it was declared in 1757. In the same year, the town obtained also its escutcheon, enriched later of Holy Virgin picture. Nový Bor consists of 5 quarters: Arnultovice, Bukovany, Janov, Nový Bor and Pihel.

Published: 27.2.2008

It is a big construction vaulting over Nusle valley for more than 30 years, connecting second and fourth Prague quarters. It has an enormous importance for surface traffic as well as for metro, and forms, at the same time, important main thoroughfare of capital. A concrete colossus makes respect and fear, and it does not matter, if you are upstairs or downstairs in a valley.

Published: 26.2.2008

Since 2001, it was created the attractive tourist locality in Chabařovice. It forms a base of change of mining activity in Ore Mountains. This is unique project of flooding of former mining work.

Published: 26.2.2008

Today´s aeronauts´ talk approaches us the history as well as contemporaneity of the first type of most used passenger aircrafts from production of European Aircraft Corporation Airbus, especially of model A 320, we mostly meet on short and medium flight distances.

Published: 22.2.2008

The district town of Prachatice is situated on Živný brook at foot of Bohemian Forest in South Bohemian Region. The town was founded on merchant „Gold Path“ probably on place of today´s community of Staré Prachatice (Old Prachatice). New town of Prachatice was established at the beginning of 14th century, together with a church of St.Jacob on a square.

Published: 20.2.2008

The town of Semily, with 9000 inhabitants, is situated in Liberec Region on Jizera river. The first written notice comes of 1352. The original community was a seat of aristocracy. They let built here a stronghold, rebuilt later to a castle. The towm as well as a castle was in a possession of Smiřický-Parentage, later of Albrecht of Wallenstein and Rohan Parentage.