The sky over Brno
filled by Giulia & Romeo
Brno is a small town of Czech Republic with mitteleuropean charm, yet little known by mass tourism.
To discover and be fascinated , by the historic center lively with cafes and legends under the cloudy open sky , are today especially those who visit it for work and business, because here there are a lot of international exhibitions .
Since the thirties is also home to the famous Grand Prix automobile course where he run even the legendary Nuvolari .
By word of mouth the city has become a curious stage to be added to other paths , such as Vienna , for example , which is no more than two hours away by train.
THE CENTRE
The old town revolves around Freedom Square, where once the market place and from which branch the main roads radiating through the city . In 2010, the citizens here erected a modern astronomical clock in black granite , shaped like a bullet. Every day at 11 am inside the watch comes a ball that symbolizes the legend of Petrov : the story goes that the bell-ringer of the Gothic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul , which dominates the hill, during the Thirty Years War saved city by Swedish troops (read below) . Onto the square, the theater Reduta , in which he also played Mozart when he was a child . Here they perform the ballet in Brno, the dramatic company Mahen and Opera Janeck . The other famous square , which is smaller , is called the Cabbage Market . Here there is an active market since the 13th century ... Today stalls offer more than just cabbage , and sellers are arranged every day around the ancient fountain Parnas where once swam carp that were caught and sold.
It 's wonderful to walk in the old streets in the center of Brno, and it is curious to see go into the streets even the tram that goes up into the hills ...
SPIELBERG CASTLE
It stands on a low hill at the foot of which the town developed . It survived intact since the 13th century . During the rule of the Habsburg Empire was transformed into a prison.
The visit today leads through a first courtyard , a Gothic hall , a chapel and read the so-called prisons that housed , among others, Silvio Pellico , Piero Maroncelli and other Italian Carbonari . At a second level underground prisons are heavy or casemates , placed on three levels . The Italian government has put the tombstones to remember all the names of the patriots who were victims of this torture. At the foot of Spielberg , in the opposite direction to the current old city develops the most ancient center of the city where the church of the Assumption of the Virgin , perhaps the most beautiful of Brno was rebuilt during the 1700s and the interior preserves a painting on wood of a black Madonna dating from the twelfth century. The Monaco Augustinian Mendel conducted experiments in botany right here with peas , at the garden of the adjoining monastery , which led to his theory of genetics.
THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER AND PAUL
It’s perched on the Petrov hill and dominates the city. Originally kind in the Romanesque style was later enlarged and rebuilt in neo-Gothic style .... today is the Gothic cathedral that gives gothic profile to the entire city , immortalized in postcards and photographs. Every day at 11 am, while in Freedom Square the ball does come out of the watch , 12 are marked by the chiming bells to honor a centuries-old legend , the people of today and remember the heroic deeds of those of yesterday. The story goes that during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) , General Torstenson ordered the Swedish troops to take the city before noon. He knew it , Raduit des Souches , the commander of the defenders, resorted to a stratagem . So arranged that the bells of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul were playing an hour ago. The invaders , now considered timed out , retired and the capital of Moravia was free . Only town to repel the Swedes
VILLA TUGENDHAT
The architects talk about it as if it were the house behind the house ... in the sense that for them it is veryfamous . For all others became famous after the visit to Brno, because it turns out to be a gem of functional , a milestone in the modernist architectural movement , also declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It was designed and built by the famous architect Mies van de Rohe. Set in the Cerna Pole in Brno, was built at the request of the spouses Grete and Fritz Tugendhat, wealthy industrialists in the textile sector . The property is situated on a slope whose greatest merit is the beautiful view of the historical center of Brno. The villa was designed by ignoring all the trends of the time from all points of view and acting as a cutting-edge facility due to its functionalism and its interior .
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