This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

The Best Attractions In Hradec Kralove Region

x
Hradec Králové is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, electronics manufacture and IT. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos. The University of Hradec Králové is located in the city, the University of Defense has its only medical faculty in Hradec Králové and Charles University in Prague also has its Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and Faculty of Pharmacy there.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

The Best Attractions In Hradec Kralove Region

  • 2. White Tower Hradec Kralove
    The White Tower is the tallest dominant of the city Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic. From the tower's galleries there is a unique view not only of Hradec Králové, but also of the distant peaks of the Giant Mountains and the Orlické Mountains. In recent years the tower came back to life with the exhibitions and became the center of tourism and cultural events. The White Tower houses the second largest and heaviest bell in the Czech Republic – the Augustine Bell.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 4. Kost Castle Jicin
    Kost Castle is located in the Jičín District of the Czech Republic. Kost Castle lies in Northern Bohemia, specifically the region Bohemian Paradise and is privately owned by Kinský dal Borgo noble family It was first proposed by Beneš von Wartenberg in 1349 as a possible construction site and was completed by his son Peter von Wartenberg. It retains most of the original features and is overall very well preserved and maintained. The castle is known for its so-called White tower . In about 1414 the family of Zajíc von Hasenburg moved there; later the family of Schellenberg , Lobkowicz and others; in this time some more buildings were built near the castle and joined to it. Unlike most other castles in Bohemia, it does not lie on a hill, but on a spit between two brooks. Another peculia...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 7. The Broumov Monastery Broumov
    The Codex Gigas is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at 92 cm long. It is also known as the Devil's Bible because of a very unusual full-page portrait of the devil, and the legend surrounding its creation. It was created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia . It contains the complete Vulgate Bible as well as other popular works, all written in Latin. Between the Old and New Testaments are a selection of other popular medieval reference works: Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews and De bello iudaico, Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae, the chronicle of Cosmas of Prague, and medical works; these are an early version of the Ars medicinae compilation of treatises, and two books by Constantine the African.Eventu...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 8. Holy Spirit Cathedral Hradec Kralove
    The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is a principal church of the Diocese of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic and also the seat of the current bishop of the Diocese Jan Vokál. It is a late Gothic brick basilica with two towers, which is located in the southwestern corner of the Great Square in Hradec Králové.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 11. Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Kralove
    Hvězdárna Hradec Králové is part astronomical observatory and part planetarium. Also housed in the same building are the Institute of Atmospheric Physics and the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. It is located on the southern outskirts of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, and was founded in 1961.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Hradec Kralove Region Videos

Shares

x

Places in Hradec Kralove Region

x
x

Near By Places

Menu