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Zlonice
Zlonice is a market town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Břešťany, Lisovice, Tmáň and Vyšínek are administrative parts of Zlonice. Geography Zlonice is located about north of Kladno and northwest of Prague. it lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Lower Eger Table. History The first written mention of Zlonice is from 1318. It was a settlement on a trade route. The first written mention of a fortress in Zlonice is from 1576. In the 17th century, the fortress was rebuilt to a Renaissance castle. The village of Vyšínek is first mentioned in 1263, Břešťany in 1282, Tmáň in 1382, and Lisovice at the beginning of the 14th century. Sights Several valuable works of Baroque architecture have been preserved in Zlonice, including the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (by F. M. Kaňka) and a rectory (by K. I. Dientzenhofer). The former hospital buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era Czech nationalism, nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them". Dvořák displayed his musical gifts at an early age, being an apt violin student from age six. The first public performances of his works were in Prague in 1872 and, with special success, in 1873, when he was 31 years old. Seeking recognition beyond the Prague area, he submitted a score of his Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák), First Symphony to a prize competition in Germany, but did not win, and the unreturned manuscript was lost until it was rediscovered many decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
