My students' presantation abour Brno.

1. BRNO CITY

2. Church of Saint Thomas and the Annunciation on
Moravian square.

3. The most interesting places in Brno are the
Brno Underground, a labyrinth of cellars
including the second biggest ossuary in Europe
(after the Catacombs of Paris), the two (or
three) castles in Brno, the cathedral on the
Petrov hill (pope Benedikt XVI. visited the
cathedral in 2009), the Basilica of the
Assumption of Our Lady in the Old Brno
District, the St. Jacob's Church, the Moravian
Museum, Lužánky Park which is the oldest
public park in the country, Denis Gardens, and
various historical squares, churches, and
palaces.

4. Brno university

5. .
For some reason, Brno is not well discovered
by tourists so you can easily avoid crowds of
tourists and overpriced services.
Brno is a cultural hub of Moravia, it is a home
to a number of notable Moravian institutions,
e.g. Moravian Gallery, Moravian Museum,
National Theatre Brno, Brno City Theatre, etc.
It is a city with a long tradition in motor racing
(on the Masaryk Circuit), huge exhibitions and
trade fairs (in the Central European Exhibition
Center), and as a vibrant university city. There
are around 89,000 university students in Brno,
a city with 380,000 inhabitants, it makes it the
country's largest student city by percentage of
population. Since 1998, an international
firework competition has been held annually
every year at the turn of May and June - Ignis
Brunensis with 100,000-200,000 visitors a year

6. Buildings on Konečného náměstí (Veveri street).

7. .
There are also other places outside the city
centre which are worth visiting, e.g. the old
Jewish cemetery in Brno-Židenice (the biggest
one in Moravia), or the Marian Valley in Brno-
Líšeň, it is which is a cascade of lakes between
forested hills. From the north, Brno is
surrounded by hills and very pleasant nature,
probably the most notable place is the
Moravian Karst.
Brno lost its status of the capital city but it still
behaves like a "cosmopolitan" capital, there is
a rich variety of various cultural events, clubs,
pubs, etc., and several excellent museums and
theatres. Also there are two interesting things
about theatres in Brno, Reduta Theatre is the
oldest theatre building in Central Europe, and
Mahen Theatre (part of the National Theatre
Brno) is the first theatre in the entire Europe
which was illuminated by Thomas Edison's
electric light bulbs (in that time, it was only
four years old invention). Brno also serves as
the capital of judicial authority of the Czech

8. Denis Gardens

10. The city was founded about 1000 years ago, it
received city status in the year 1243, and for
centuries it served as the capital city of
Moravia, until 1948 when communists
abolished autonomy of Moravia. The city
flourished mainly during the 19th century.
Today's Brno is a mixture of many different
architecture styles, there are many beautiful
places as well as many terrible places (it's quite
common in Eastern Europe). But still, it is a
home to great culture, and countless beautiful
buildings, the city has the the second largest
historic preservation zone in the country (the
biggest one is inPrague, the 3rd one is
in Olomouc). There are three castles, Špilberk
(former royal castle, and former seat of rulers
of Moravia), Veveří castle (near the Brno Lake),
and the Líšeň Castle.

12. Brno (German: Brünn, Štatl in the local
dialect) [1] is the major city of Moravia (a
historical region in theCzech Republic). It is the
largest city in Moravia, the second largest city
in the Czech Republic by population and area.
It was founded around year 1000; and since
14th century, the city served as the capital of
Moravia. Brno is the heard of Moravia and its
cultural hub, it's home to many institutions
related to Moravian history and culture. At the
same time, Brno represents the administrative
center of South Moravian region. It has
population around 380,000 people, and it's
located in beautiful natural environment
between South Moravian vineyards and
the Moravian Karst.

14. Also there are two interesting things about
theatres in Brno, Reduta Theatre is the oldest
theatre building in Central Europe, and Mahen
Theatre (part of the National Theatre Brno) is
the first theatre in the entire Europe which
was illuminated by Thomas Edison's electric
light bulbs (in that time, it was only four years
old invention). Brno also serves as the capital
of judicial authority of the Czech Republic (it's
the seat of the Constitutional Court, the
Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative
Court) as well as many other state authorities,
the rest of it is located in Prague.