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Porcelain Museum Of Klášterec Nad Ohří
The Klášterec nad Ohří Porcelain Museum () is a porcelain museum in the Klášterec nad Ohří Castle in Klášterec nad Ohří, Czech Republic. It is affiliated with the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (UPM). The site was chosen for the museum because in 1794, the third oldest and second then-still active porcelain factory in the Czech Republic, Thun porcelain factory (closed in 2024), was established here. The interior was restored in 1950–1952. The museum contains around 12,000 exhibits. Part of the exhibition presents porcelain from China and Japan from the UPM collections. The beginning of European production is documented in the next part of the exhibition. In addition, the fates of the original owners of the exhibited items, who were victims of the holocaust, are described. On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the foundation of the Thun, a long-term exhibition of European, especially Czech, porcelain from the collections of the UPM in Prague was instal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schloss Klášterec Nad Ohří 2014 Xy 19
''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German language, German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cognate word ''slot''/''slott'' is normally used for what in English could be either a palace or a castle (instead of words in rarer use such as ''palats''/''palæ'', ''kastell'', or ''borg''). In Dutch, the word ''slot'' is considered to be more archaic. Nowadays, one commonly uses ''paleis'' or ''kasteel''. But in English, the term does not appear; for instance, in the United Kingdom, this type of structure would be known as a stately home or English country house, country house. Most ''Schlösser'' were built after the Middle Ages as residences for the nobility, not as true fortresses, although originally, they often were fortified. The usual German term for a true castle is ''Burg'', while that for a fortress is ''Festung'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |