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Central Bohemia The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...

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Český Šternberk Castle Český Šternberk Castle ( cs, Hrad Český Šternberk) is a Bohemian castle of the mid-13th century, located on the west side of the river Sázava overlooking the eponymous market town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It ...
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Italian Court The Italian Court ( cs, Vlašský dvůr) is a palace in Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. Originally, it was the seat of the Central Mint of Prague; it was named after the Italian experts who were at the forefront of the minting reform. The mai ...
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Karlštejn Karlštejn Castle ( cs, hrad Karlštejn; german: Burg Karlstein) is a large Gothic castle founded in 1348 by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor-elect and King of Bohemia. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well as ...
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Konopiště Konopiště Castle (; german: Schloss Konopischt) is a four-winged, three-storey castle located in Konopiště, now a part of the town of Benešov in Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It has become famous as the last residence of Archduke F ...
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Křivoklát Castle Křivoklát Castle is located in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. History Křivoklát was founded in the 12th century, belonging to the kings of Bohemia. During the reign of Přemysl Otakar II a large, monumental royal castle was built, later r ...
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Military museum Lešany A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
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Music Without Musicians Music Without Musicians – music boxes and juke boxes ( cs, Hudba bez hudebníků – hrací strojky a hudební automaty) was an exposition in Hořovice Castle in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It was dedicated to music instruments ...
, Hořovice * Retro Auto Muzeum in Strnadice (museum of former
Eastern Bloc The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
cars) * Škoda Auto Museum (auto museum) * Stranov (castle museum)


Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

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East Bohemian Museum The East Bohemian Museum (Czech: ''Muzeum východních Čech'') is a museum and historic landmark in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. It was designed by Jan Kotěra, a prominent Czech architect of the early 20th century. The East Bohemian Museum ...
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Hrádek u Nechanic Hrádek u Nechanic is a 19th-century Gothic style Romantic château near the town of Hrádek in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. In 2001 Hrádek u Nechanic was declared part of the National Cultural Heritage. The chateau is ad ...
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Kost Castle Kost Castle is a Gothic castle in Libošovice municipality in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It lies in the nature region of Bohemian Paradise and is owned by Kinský dal Borgo noble family. History and d ...
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Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice The textile museum in Česká Skalice is the only Czech museum specialized in the history of textile production. Its displays and collections represent a unique body of work reflecting the development of the textile industry, especially cloth pri ...
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Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

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Kynžvart Castle Kynžvart Castle (German: Schloss Königswart) is a historic château located near Lázně Kynžvart in the Cheb District of the Czech Republic. The building's architecture is in the neoclassical style. After extensive renovations, the castle was ...
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Loket Castle Loket Castle ( cs, Hrad Loket, german: Burg Elbogen) is a 12th-century Gothic architecture, Gothic style castle about from Karlovy Vary on a massive rock in the town of Loket (Sokolov District), Loket, Karlovy Vary Region, Karlovarský kraj, Czec ...


Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

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Bezděz Castle Bezděz Castle is a Gothic castle located some southeast of Česká Lípa, in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its construction began before 1264 by order of Ottokar II of Bohemia. The royal castle of Bezděz was one of the most import ...
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Grabštejn Grabštejn (german: Grafenstein) is a castle in Chotyně in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Originally a Gothic castle, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and later modified in the late Baroque and late Neoclassical styles. It belon ...
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Valdštejn Castle Valdštejn Castle ( German: ''Waldstein'') is an early Gothic fortress near Turnov, in the Czech Republic. It can be found in the cliff dwelling city of Hruboskalsko, in the Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj). The city was built on three sandston ...
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Museum of armoured vehicles Smržovka The Museum of armoured vehicles Smržovka () is a museum of military vehicles located in the Czech Republic about 4 kilometers east of Jablonec nad Nisou and about 95 kilometers north-east of Prague. The museum represents the largest private tan ...


Moravia–Silesia

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Muzeum Těšínska Muzeum Těšínska ( pl, Muzeum Ziemi Cieszyńskiej, en, Museum of Cieszyn Silesia) is a regional museum in Český Těšín, Czech Republic. It focuses on the history and traditions of the region of Cieszyn Silesia. The museum was founded in 19 ...
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Silesian Ostrava Castle Silesian Ostrava Castle is a castle in Ostrava, in the northeastern Czech Republic. It was originally built in the 1280s near the confluence of the Lučina and Ostravice rivers. The castle was built for military purposes due to its proximity to th ...


Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

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Bouzov Castle Bouzov Castle ( cs, Hrad Bouzov) is an early 14th-century fortress which was first mentioned in 1317. It was built on a hill between the village of Hvozdek and the town of Bouzov, west of Litovel and northwest of Olomouc, in Moravia, Czech Repu ...
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Convent of Dominican Sisters in Olomouc The Monastery of St. Catherine ( cz, Kostel svaté Kateřiny) in Olomouc, Czech Republic, was founded in 1287 for a community of Dominican nuns, who occupied it until 1782, when it passed over to the Ursuline nuns. The Ursuline Order remained in ...
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Jánský vrch Jánský Vrch (german: Schloß Johannesberg) is a castle located in the Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. The castle stands on a hill above the town of Javorník in the north-western edge of Czech Silesia, in area w ...


Pardubice Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...

* Chrudim Regional Museum *
Esperanto Museum of Svitavy Esperanto Museum in Svitavy is a museum in Svitavy in the Czech Republic. It presents the history and current activity of the Esperanto movement. It was inaugurated in September 2008. Museum building The museum is located in the Ottendorfer Hou ...
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Kunětice Mountain Castle Kunětice is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Geography Kunětice is located about northeast of Pardubice. It lies in a flat landscape of the East Elbe ...
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Vysoké Mýto Regional Museum Vysoké Mýto Regional Museum () covers history of the area around the town Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic. History In 1871, a town councillor began a collection of coins and paintings, gifts from local citizens, and put them in a room in the town ...


Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

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Mariánská Týnice Mariánská Týnice is a former pilgrimage site in Kralovice in the Czech Republic. It is a complex of a monastery with the Baroque Church of the Annunciation and the Cistercian provost office built by Jan Santini Aichel in the 18th century. T ...
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Nebílovy Castle Nebílovy Castle ( cs, zámek Nebílovy) is a castle in Nebílovy in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It is situated about 16 km south of Plzeň. History Older renaissance manor was rebuilt into a baroque by architect and builder Ja ...


Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...


South Bohemia The South Bohemian Region ( cs, Jihočeský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit (''Regions of the Czech Republic, kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwes ...

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Červená Lhota Castle Červená Lhota (German: ''Roth-Lhotta'') a château in Červená Lhota village of the Pluhův Žďár municipality, in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It lies about north-west of Jindřichův Hradec. It stands at the middle of a lake ...
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Český Krumlov Castle Český Krumlov Castle is a castle in Český Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It dates back to 1240 when the first castle was built by the Vítkovci family, the main branch of the powerful Bohemian family Rosenberg. ...
* Egon Schiele Art Centrum *
Hluboká Castle Hluboká Castle (german: Schloss Frauenberg) is a historic château situated in Hluboká nad Vltavou. It is considered one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech Republic. Tourism Hluboká is one of the most famous and most frequently visited ...
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Kratochvíle Kratochvíle is a Renaissance castle in Petrův Dvůr in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is a picturesque manorial residence surrounded by a small castle park. History The medieval moated fortified stronghold of 1569 was tur ...
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Orlík Castle Orlík Castle is a château in Orlík nad Vltavou, in Písek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The original position of the spur castle, on a rock above the Vltava valley, was altered by the creation of the Orlík Reser ...
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Rožmberk Castle Rožmberk (German: original Rosenberg) is a castle situated in South Bohemia near Rožmberk nad Vltavou in the Czech Republic. Considered one of the oldest castles in Bohemia, it stands on a promontory carved out on three sides by the river Vltav ...


South Moravia The South Moravian Region ( cs, Jihomoravský kraj; , ; sk, Juhomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia (an exception is Jobova Lhota which trad ...

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Bítov Castle Bítov Castle ( cs, Hrad Bítov, german: Schloss Vöttau) is a castle on a steep promontory towering above the meandering River Želetavka, near the Vranov reservoir, in the village of Bítov (Znojmo District), Bítov, some northwest of Znojmo, ...
* Dolní Kounice Synagogue *
Mendel Museum of Masaryk University Mendel Museum has been an institution of Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, since 2007. The museum was established in 2002 with the international co-operation of a number of organizations. The principal role in the creation of the museum ...
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Mikulov Castle Mikulov Castle is a castle in the town of Mikulov in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The castle stands on a place of historic Slavonic settlement, where since the end of the 13th century the original stone castle was erected. The pr ...
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Moravian Gallery in Brno The Moravian Gallery in Brno ( cs, Moravská galerie v Brně) is the second largest art museum in the Czech Republic, established in 1961 by merging of two older institutions. It is situated in five buildings: Pražák Palace, Governor's Palace, ...
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Moravské zemské muzeum Moravské zemské muzeum (English: ''Moravian Museum'') is a museum in Brno in the Czech Republic. It is the second-largest and second-oldest museum in the country. Its collections include several million objects from many fields of science and cul ...
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Museum of Romani Culture The Museum of Romani Culture (''Muzeum romské kultury'' in Czech) is an institution dedicated to the history and culture of the Romani people (Gypsies). It is situated in Brno, Czech Republic. History The Museum was founded in 1991 by members o ...
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Pernštejn Castle Pernštejn Castle ( cs, hrad Pernštejn, from german: Bernstein, originally from ''Bärenstein'') is a castle in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on a rock above the village of Nedvědice and the rivers Svratka and Nedv ...
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Slavkov Castle Slavkov Castle (also known as Austerlitz Castle) is a Baroque palace in Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic. The town and the castle are chiefly known for the Battle of Austerlitz. History A first castle at the site was erected by the Teutonic Kn ...
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Špilberk Castle Špilberk Castle (German: ''Spielberg'', locally ''Špilas'') 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 complete by King Ottokar II of ...
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Villa Tugendhat Villa Tugendhat is an architecturally significant building in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich. It w ...
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Veveří Castle Veveří (german: Eichhorn) is an originally ducal and royal castle in Brno in the Czech Republic. It is located about northwest of Brno city centre on the Svratka River. History 11th to 15th centuries According to legend, the castle Ve ...
* Vranov nad Dyjí Chateau * Windmill Ruprechtov


Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (, , ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway ju ...

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The Chateau at Klášterec nad Ohří ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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Franciscan Monastery in Kadaň The Franciscan Monastery lies on the edge of the town of Kadaň, Czech Republic and near the river Ohře. Its history dates back to the 15th century. It is now the seat of the Municipal Museum of Kadaň with an exposition of life in a monastery. ...
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Krásný Dvůr Castle Krásný Dvůr Castle (german: Schönhof) is a Baroque chateau in Krásný Dvůr, North Bohemia, Czech Republic. It has a English-style landscape park and a garden inspired by that of Versailles. History The first records of Krasný Dvůr da ...
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Krásný Dvůr Castle Krásný Dvůr Castle (german: Schönhof) is a Baroque chateau in Krásný Dvůr, North Bohemia, Czech Republic. It has a English-style landscape park and a garden inspired by that of Versailles. History The first records of Krasný Dvůr da ...


Vysočina

* Chateau at Kamenice nad Lipou


Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the ...

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Buchlovice Castle Buchlovice Castle (german: Buchlau) is a chateau in Buchlovice in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its history is closely connected with nearby Buchlov Castle which grew more and more uncomfortable in the late 17th century, and that is why J ...
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Moravská gobelínová manufaktura The Moravská gobelínová manufaktura (MGM), is a tapestry manufactory in Valašské Meziříčí in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The manufactory has been involved in the area of handmade classical and artistic tapestries, restoring and ...


See also

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* Tourism in the Czech Republic *
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Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...