IN THE SPOTLIGHT

• Town Hall with Astronomical Clock

  
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  The Olomouc Town Hall building, which dominates the Upper Square (Horní náměstí), has been for more than six centuries a symbol of economic and political importance of the former royal capital of Moravia. Read on
  

• Olomouc Fortress

  
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  Olomouc, once capital of Moravia, was already fulfilling the important function of a fortified centre of Moravia in the Middle Ages. Read on
  

• Bouzov Castle

  
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  Normal021falsefalsefalseCSX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4You simply should not miss the Olomouc castle site situated on the Wenceslas Hill! Right here in 1306, the last Přemyslid, the Czech king Wenceslas III, was assassinated. Read on
  

• Romanesque Bishop’s Palace

  
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  The Romanesque Bishop's Palace, formerly better known as the Přemyslid Palace, is located on the Wenceslas Hill. Its name is associated with Moravian Appanage Princes of the Přemyslid dynasty who had their castle here in the 11th century already. Read on
  

• Archbishop’s Palace

  
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  The Archbishop's Palace belongs to the most important early-Baroque buildings in Moravia. It was built under the project of the Italian architect Filiberto Luchese on the site of an earlier Renaissance palace. Read on
  

• ZOO Olomouc

  
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  The Olomouc Zoological Garden is located on The Holy Hill (Svatý Kopeček) in a mixed forest on an area of 42,5 hectares. Read on
  

• Holy Trinity Column

  
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  The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is the largest group of Baroque statues within a single sculptural monument in Central Europe.The column reaches a height of 35 metres and its lower part houses a chapel. Read on
  

• Hercules Fountain

  
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  The fountain is decorated with a statue of Hercules of larger-than-life size with a club in his right hand and situated on a stone pillar in the middle of the basin. Read on