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Archbishop’s Palace
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.
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Bouzov Castle
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.
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Hercules Fountain
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.
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Holy Trinity Column
The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is the largest group of Baroque statues within a single sculptural monument in Central Europe.
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Olomouc Fortress
Olomouc, once capital of Moravia, was already fulfilling the important function of a fortified centre of Moravia in the Middle Ages.
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Romanesque Bishop’s Palace
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.
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St. Wenceslas Cathedral
St. Wenceslas Cathedral with its two-tower face is an integral part of the city skyline. The third, the southern tower standing 102 meters high, is the tallest church tower in Moravia (and the second highest in the country).
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Town Hall with Astronomical Clock
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.
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ZOO Olomouc
The Olomouc Zoological Garden is located on The Holy Hill (Svatý Kopeček) in a mixed forest on an area of 42,5 hectares.
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