History

Brno death march

Brno Death March: 60th anniversary of the hushed up tragedy

May 30, 2010 History

The expulsion still remains to be one of the blackest moments in the history of the town.

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Jan Skácel

Jan Skácel, the greatest bard of Moravia, died 20 years ago

November 7, 2009 Arts & events

Skácel’s work was influenced by south Moravian traditions and nature as well as by minimalist Chinese poetry.

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Villa Stiassny

Last opportunity to visit Villa Stiassny, just as Fidel Castro did in 1972

August 13, 2009 History

On Friday, August 14, one of the biggest and most expensive villas of Brno, Villa Stiassny, is accessible to general public for the very last day before it will be closed for a reconstruction.

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Old Masaryk Circuit

5 nostalgic videos of old Masaryk Circuit

August 4, 2009 Best of Brno

I found some nice YouTube videos showing the old track of Czechoslovak Grand Prix, full of long and quick straights and sharp curves, often bordered by trees or old houses.

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Old Kníničky

Urban decay: destroyed village of Kníničky exposed on the ground of Brno dam

July 13, 2009 History

The place may be dangerous, but it is stil worth seeing for many people.

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The third Venus of Dolní Věstonice

The third Venus of Dolní Věstonice shown in Anthropos musem pavillion

June 10, 2009 History

Unique exhibition “Prehistoric Art in Central Europe” shows one more piece of paleolitic art: the third statue of Venus from Dolní Věstonice.

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Model of a battleship

Childrens’ day: traditional fair and battle of Midway

May 29, 2009 Festivals

On Sunday, May 31, there will be a traditional fair held at Zelný trh sq. Kids can see goats and other animals, their parents will be allowed to taste Czech beer and wine.

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Venus of Dolní Věstonice and of Venus of Willendorf shown in Anthropos

March 27, 2009 History

Anthropos Pavilion of the Moravian Musem will launch an exhibition called “Prehistoric Art in Central Europe” on April 8. This is an unique opportunity to see original artifacts that are almost never shown to public.

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Collection of Joe Hloucha exhibited by Institute of Etnography

March 25, 2009 History

Joe Hloucha was the founder of the Japanese Studies in Czechoslovakia, who travelled to the Orient for several times in the first half of the 20th century. He collected thousands of artifacts; some of these will be exposited in the Institute of Etnography (Koblizna street 1) until September 5. Part of the presentation are black-and-white, [...]

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Masaryk University to celebrate the 90th anniversary

January 25, 2009 History

Celebrations of Masaryk University 90th anniversary will be held at the Faculty of Law on January 28th, since 10:00 A.M.

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Famous Café Era to reopen in 2009

January 1, 2009 Arts & events

One of the most famous moravian cafés of the pre-war era and also a jewel of the functionalist architecture of Brno, café Era, will be renovated at last. Luboš Ptáček, who bought the ruin in 2002, wants to have new café Era opened again until the end 2009.

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