Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Brno, Czechia

The sculpture New Age was created by sculptor Vincenc Makovský for the Czechoslovak pavilion at the international exhibition Expo 1958 in Brussels. The original name of the sculpture was Atomic Age. The sculpture received the Grand Prix of the World Exposition in Brussels. The original sculpture has been located in front of the main entrance to the Brno Trade Fairs and Exhibition Centre since 1959. A copy of the sculpture is located in Prague. The sculpture has been a protected monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Sousoší Nový věk (CS)

The Mitrovský Summer House is a late Baroque chateau located at Veletržní Street not far from the main entrance to the fair. Its land is located in the Brno city district of Brno-střed, in the cadastral territory of Staré Brno.

Wikipedia: Letohrádek Mitrovských (CS)

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 itself was played by the Austrian society VFG and affiliated scientists and patrons. The museum is located within the precincts of the Augustinian abbey in Old Brno, where the abbot and scientist Gregor Johann Mendel lived and worked.

Wikipedia: Mendel Museum of Masaryk University (EN)

The Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady in Old Brno Abbey is a high Gothic, monumental convent temple. It was founded in 980-1020 by the unknown lord or monarch in Moravia. It was built on the site of an ancient sanctuary from the late 10th century in a short time in the years 1323 to 1334 at the instigation of Queen Elizabeth Richeza. It is the best preserved stylistically coherent and unified temple in Lands of Bohemian Crown.

Wikipedia: Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, Brno (EN)

The Bethlehem church is located at the foot of Špilberk Hill in Pellicova Street in the cadastral area of ​​Brno-střed. It was built in historicizing style with prevailing neo -Renaissance elements in 1894–1895. He was the first evangelical church in Brno, where it was preached exclusively in Czech.

Wikipedia: Betlémský kostel (CS), Website

Denis Gardens, originally Františkov Park, is a city park on the edge of the Brno cadastral area of the City of Brno. They are located on the slope of Petrov Hill between the preserved section of the original city walls and the road in Husova Street. Several serpentine paths pass through the park connecting it with Nádražní and Bašty streets. The park also includes the Governor's Garden. The park is connected to the Capuchin Gardens.

Wikipedia: Denisovy sady (CS)

The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral located on the Petrov hill in the Brno-střed district of the city of Brno in the Czech Republic. It is commonly referred to locally as simply "Petrov". It is the seat of the Diocese of Brno and a national cultural monument that is one of the most important pieces of architecture in South Moravia. The interior is mostly Baroque in style, while the exterior shell is Gothic that dates mostly from the 14th century, and its impressive 84-metre-high towers were constructed to the Gothic Revival designs of the architect August Kirstein between 1901 and 1909. The original cathedral site dates to the 11th century.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, Brno (EN), Website

The Goose on a String Theatre is a theatre in Brno on Zelný trh, whose artistic head has been dramaturg Martin Sládeček since the end of the 2020/2021 season. The ensemble has been operating since 1967, when a group of theatre artists from the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts under the leadership of Bořivoj Srba began to experiment with theatrical forms. Since 1968, the ensemble has been operating under the auspices of the Brno House of Arts.

Wikipedia: Divadlo Husa na provázku (CS)

The Dietrichstein Palace is a building in the centre of Brno on Zelný trh, the main exhibition building of the Moravian Museum.

Wikipedia: Dietrichsteinský palác (Brno) (CS)

The Bishop's Court is a complex of several diverse buildings under the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in Brno. Since 1818 it has been part of and owned by the Moravian Museum.

Wikipedia: Biskupský dvůr (Brno) (CS), Website

Zelný trh is a square and traditional marketplace in Brno, Czech Republic. It is located in the historic centre of Brno on an area of about 0.6 hectares.

Wikipedia: Parnas fountain (EN)

The Holy Trinity Column is a high Baroque sculpture built in 1729 by sculptor Antonín Schweigl in the upper part of the Vegetable Market in Brno in honour of the Holy Trinity and St. John of Nepomuk.

Wikipedia: Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice (Brno) (CS)

The Brno dragon is a stuffed crocodile suspended from the ceiling of the passage of the Old Town Hall in Brno.

Wikipedia: Brněnský drak (CS)

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Brno is a Roman Catholic parish church with an adjacent Dominican monastery. Originally Gothic, rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 17th century, the church is located on Dominican Square next to the New Town Hall in the Brno-střed district. It has been protected as a cultural monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Kostel svatého Michaela archanděla (Brno) (CS), Website

The House of the Lords of Kunštát is a Renaissance palace in the historical centre of Brno, cadastral area of the City of Brno, Dominikánská Street No. 9. It is listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic and is currently used by the Brno House of Arts for exhibition purposes. It is probably the most important monument in the complex of the so-called Big Chap-Book.

Wikipedia: Dům pánů z Kunštátu (CS)

Špilberk Castle 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 completed by King Ottokar II of Bohemia. From a major royal castle established around the mid-13th century, and the seat of the Moravian margraves in the mid-14th century, it was gradually turned into a huge baroque citadel considered the harshest prison in the Austrian Empire, and then into barracks. This prison had always been part of the Špilberk fortress and is frequently referenced by the main character, Fabrizio, in Stendhal's novel, The Charterhouse of Parma.

Wikipedia: Špilberk Castle (EN)