Meeting Point – hotel Voronez

The caves we are going to visit during the conference tour are rather cold even in summer. Therefore it may be advise to bring a shirt of jacket... 

 

 

20th July – Brno surroundings

 

1. Pilgrimage church of the name of Virgin Mary

(Designed by architect Santini-Aichel, author of the UNESCO monument in the Czech Republic)

Photo © Zdeněk Fiedler


http://www.360globe.net/czech-republic/krtiny/pilgrimage-church-of-the-name-of-virgin-mary-in-krtiny/interior.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ezBXebEtc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Santini_Aichel

 


2. The Punkva caves

(Underground river Punkva in karst region)

Photo © Petr Zajíček

http://www.caves.cz/en/caves/punkva-caves/

The caves we are going to visit during the conference tour are rather cold even in summer. Therefore it may be advise to bring a shirt of jacket...


3. Castle of Austerlitz (Slavkov)

(The castle in the centre of the Napoleon battlefield 1805)

 

http://www.zamek-slavkov.cz/en/

 

The battle of Three Emperors on 2nd December 1805

Francois Gérard: digital version produced by Agence photographique de la Réunion des musées nationaux

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz

 

 

4. Mound of Peace

(Monument to victims of the battle of Three Emperors)

Photo © Martin Frouz, National Geographic