City: Moravia
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Things to do in Moravia, Czech Republic: The Best Mysterious Sites
Moravia (/mɔːˈreɪviə, -ˈrɑː-, moʊ-/ maw-RAY-vee-ə, -RAH-, moh-; Czech: Morava; German: Mähren (help·info); Polish: Morawy; Latin: Moravia) is a historical country in the Czech Republic (forming its eastern part) and one of the historical Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (from 1348 to 1918), an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire (1004 to 1806), later a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1804 to 1867) and briefly also one of 17 former crown lands of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918. During the early 20th century, Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1928; it was then merged with Czech Silesia, and eventually dissolved by abolition of the land system in 1949.
Restaurants in Moravia
1. Rosa Coeli
2. AndElarium
3. Letohradek Portz Insel
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Znojmo Underground
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4.5 based on 39 reviews
5. Ossuary at the Church of St James
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4.0 based on 321 reviews
After Paris, Brno has the second-largest ossuary in Europe. The number of people buried here is estimated to exceed 50,000. There was a churchyard at the Church of St James as early as the beginning of the 13th century. The churchyard capacity quickly became insufficient for the needs of the growing city, and a special system of burial had to be adopted in which graves were opened 10 to 12 years after burial and the remnants were removed to make room for another body in the grave. The remnants from the original graves were moved to special underground areas, called ossuaries. These also quickly filled up due to frequent plague and cholera epidemics. The reforms introduced by Joseph II in 1784 resulted in churchyards being closed down for hygienic reasons. The remnants from the graves were moved into a crypt, the churchyard wall was torn down, the area around the church was paved with the former headstones, and the ossuary was gradually forgotten.
Reviewed By H5525WBevan - Tournon-Saint-Martin, France
Návštěva Kostnice není opravdu na dlouho, ale pro mě to bylo zajímavé srovnání s Kostnicí v Kutné Hoře. Dávám přednost Kostnici v Brně právě proto,že zde nejsou žádné bizarní motivy jako erb a ctí se tak úcta k mrtvým. Je to lépe zrekonstruované, podzemní prostory jsou tajemné a kouzelné.Stále se zde může fotit a personál je příjemný. The visit of the Ossuary is really not very long, but for me it was interesting to compare this Ossuary with Ossuary of Kutná Hora.I prefer this Ossuary in Brno,because they don' t use any strange motives like the coat of arms made of bones and just respect the death people.It is better renovated, the underground parts are mysterious and magical.Still it is possible to take pictures and the staff is nice.
