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VY_32_INOVACE_18_17. www.zlinskedumy.cz. OLOMOUC. Where is the city located?. Olomouc Czech:  [ locally Holomóc  or  Olomóc ; German :  Olmütz ;  Latin :  Olomucium  or  Iuliomontium ;  Polish :  Ołomuniec [ ɔwɔˈmuɲɛt͡s ] )

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_18_17 www.zlinskedumy.cz

  2. OLOMOUC

  3. Where is the city located? • OlomoucCzech: [locallyHolomóc or Olomóc;German: Olmütz; Latin: Olomucium or Iuliomontium; Polish: Ołomuniec[ɔwɔˈmuɲɛt͡s]) • is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. Located on the Morava River, • the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. • Today it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic. • The city has about 102,000 residents, but its larger urban zone has a population of about 480,000 people

  4. Is the population of the city big?

  5. Saint Wenceslas Cathedral •  The city has numerous historic religious buildings. The most prominent church is Saint Wenceslas Cathedral founded before 1107 in the compound of the Olomouc Castle. • At the end of the 19th century, the cathedral was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style. • It kept many features of the original church, which had renovations and additions reflecting styles of different ages: Romanesque crypt, Gothic cloister, Baroque chapels. • The highest of the three spires is 328 ft (100 m), which makes it the second-highest spire in the country (after Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Plzeň). 

  6. Fountains • Olomouc is proud of its six Baroque fountains. The fountains survived in such number thanks to the city council's caution. • While most European cities were removing old fountains after building water supply piping, Olomouc decided to keep them as water reservoirs in case of fire...

  7. Where is the famous column situated? • Olomouc contains several large squares, the chief of which is adorned with the Holy Trinity Column, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. • Thecolumn is 115 ft (35 m) high and was built between 1716 and 1754. • The city has numerous historic religious buildings.

  8. Other monuments • Saint Maurice Church, a fine Gothic building of the 15th century, has the 6th-largest church organ in Central Europe.  • Saint Michael's Church is notable. • TheNeo-baroquechapel of Saint John Sarkander stands on the site of a former town prison. At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the Catholic priest John Sarkander was imprisoned here. Accused of collaboration with the enemy, he was tortured, but did not reveal anything because of the Seal of Confession, and died. The torture rack and Sarkander’s gravestone are preserved here. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II during his visit in Olomouc in 1995

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