Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Brno, Czechia

Špilberk Castle is a castle on the hilltop in Brno, Southern Moravia. Its construction began as early as the first half of the 13th century by the Přemyslid kings and completed by King Ottokar II of Bohemia. From a major royal castle established around the mid-13th century, and the seat of the Moravian margraves in the mid-14th century, it was gradually turned into a huge baroque citadel considered the harshest prison in the Austrian Empire, and then into barracks. This prison had always been part of the Špilberk fortress and is frequently referenced by the main character, Fabrizio, in Stendhal's novel, The Charterhouse of Parma.

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The Museum of Decorative Arts in Brno is an exhibition and collection institution dedicated to contemporary and historical design and fashion. It is located at Husova třída 14 in Brno and is part of the Moravian Gallery in Brno.

Wikipedia: Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum (Brno) (CS)

The Besední dům is a public building in Brno, Czech Republic, located on the southern corner of Komenského Square, at the mouth of Husova Street. From the eastern side, it is surrounded by Besední Street. It was built between 1870 and 1873 as part of the newly built ring road. The author of the historicist Neo-Renaissance building was the architect Theophil von Hansen. The Besední dům served as a cultural and social centre for the Czech inhabitants of the town and to a certain extent it has fulfilled its original function to this day. Between the 1980s and 1990s, it was adapted for the needs of the current Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, which is based there. In its history, it has been the scene or witness of a number of socially significant events, including the public announcement of the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic from its balcony on October 29, 1918.

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The Red Church is a Protestant Church in Brno, Czech Republic. It was designed by architect Heinrich von Ferstel and built up between 1863 and 1867. Nowadays it is used by the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. The building is a cultural monument.

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Hotel Avion is a functionalist building located in the centre of Brno in Česká Street. Along with Villa Tugendhat, it is one of the two buildings of this architectural style registered in the list of national cultural monuments in the whole of Brno.

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Saint James` church is a late Gothic three-nave church situated in James' square in the centre of Brno, in Czech Republic. Its history starts in the beginning of the 13th century. The church was categorized as a national monument in 1995.

Wikipedia: Church of St. James (Brno) (EN), Website

Kostnice at Sv. Jakub, also known as the Brno Kostnice, is a ossuary located under the Jakubský square in the cadastral area of ​​Brno-město, for the most part directly below the Church of St. James. It is the number of remains found second largest in Europe, right after the Paris.

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The Plague Column is a Baroque column on Freedom Square in Brno, Czech Republic. It was built between 1679 and 1683 to commemorate the extensive plague epidemic that plagued the city in 1679–1680. It is located in the northern (upper) part of the square and forms its dominant feature. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and five plague saints. Its early Baroque appearance is based on the appearance of the Marian Column erected on the Am Hof square in Vienna.

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The Brno astronomical clock is a black stone monument in Brno, Czech Republic. It is situated at Náměstí Svobody, the main square in the Brno City Centre. The monument was proposed by the mayor of Brno, Roman Onderka, and it was created by Oldřich Rujbr and Petr Kameník. Every day at 11:00 AM, the clock releases a glass marble, which spectators can catch from one of four openings in the monument and take with them as a souvenir. The clock was unveiled on September 18, 2010, for the 365th anniversary of Brno's resistance to the Swedish siege during the Thirty Years War. Although the monument is publicly known as an astronomical clock (orloj), it is only a clock. Construction of the clock took three years, at a cost of approximately 12 million CZK.

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The House of the Lords of Lipá is a Renaissance house located on Freedom Square No. 85/17 in Brno.

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The Loreto Chapel in Brno is a Baroque church in the immediate vicinity of the Church of St. John at the Minorite Monastery in Brno. The Loreto Chapel with Holy Stairs was built in the 18th century by the builder Moritz Grimm on the site of the original cemetery. Together with the entire complex, it has been a cultural monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Loretánská kaple v Brně (CS)

The Church of St. John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, commonly referred to as the Church of St. John, is a Roman Catholic church built in the 13th century at the Minorite monastery in the historical center of Brno. The monastery complex with the church and the Loreto chapel has been protected as a cultural monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Kostel svatého Jana Křtitele a svatého Jana Evangelisty (Brno-město) (CS)

The Měnín Gate is the only preserved city gate in Brno located in Orlí Street near Malinovského Square. Its origins date back to the 13th century, when it formed part of the Brno city walls. After reconstruction at the end of the 1970s, which adapted the building for exhibition purposes, the gate building is managed by the Brno City Museum, which uses it as an exhibition space. Together with other remnants of the city fortifications, the Měnín Gate has been a protected monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Měnínská brána (CS)

Mahen Theatre is a Czech theatre situated in the city of Brno. Mahen Theatre, built as German Deutsches Stadttheater in 1882, was one of the first public buildings in the world lit entirely by electric light. It was built in a combination of Neo-renaissance, Neo-baroque and Neoclassical architectural styles.

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Janáček Theatre is an opera house in the city of Brno, Czech Republic. It is the largest of the three theatres serving the National Theatre Brno ("NdB") opera and ballet company, the others being the Mahen and the Reduta. It was built starting in 1960 after decades of delay and finally opened in October 1965, since when it has premiered some twenty operas and ballets. A major renovation was completed in 2018. The building's façade is north-facing, away from the city center and towards the nearby house of its namesake composer, who is grandly memorialized on the adjacent landscaped green.

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The Governor's Palace is a Baroque building located on Moravian Square in Brno. Since 1990 it has been managed by the Moravian Gallery in Brno. It offers an extensive exhibition of art from the Gothic to the 19th century, as well as spaces for short-term exhibition projects. The building also houses the ArtMap bookstore and the Morgal café, whose architect is Martin Hrdina.

Wikipedia: Místodržitelský palác (Brno) (CS)

The Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, originally the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and St. Thomas the Apostle, is a Baroque parish church, originally a Gothic Augustinian monastery church. It is located in the Brno-střed district of Brno in the south of Moravské náměstí in the cadastral area of the City of Brno.

Wikipedia: Kostel Zvěstování Panny Marie a svatého Tomáše apoštola (CS), Website

The Baroque Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is located in the eastern part of Zábrdovice, belonging to the Brno-Židenice district. It is situated near the banks of the Svitava River at the intersection of Lazaretní and Zábrdovická streets.

Wikipedia: Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (Brno-Zábrdovice) (CS)

Bohumil Hrabal Park is a park that has been established since 2017 in the Židenice district of Brno. It is accessible from Balbínova and Ve Vinohradech streets.

Wikipedia: Park Bohumila Hrabala (CS)