Coins [Commemorative medals from points of interest in CZ

Originally a Renaissance manor house from the period just before 1573, belonging to Jan Mašťovský of Kolovrat, it stood in a square garden surrounded by towers or pavilions in the corners. In 1649 Heřman Czernin of Chudenice bought the estate.

coinage 369Terezín memorial

For the Nazi concentration camp, see Theresienstadt concentration camp. For the movie, see Theresienstadt (film). Terezín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtɛrɛziːn]; German: Theresienstadt) is the name of a former military fortress and adjacent walled garrison town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

coinage 368Kryštof Harant -Castle Pecka

In the 16th century, the originally Gothic castle was rebuilt in a representative Renaissance chateau. The best-known and most significant owner was Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice (1564-1621), the famous traveller, writer and musician. The was castle burnt in 1830 and in the course of time it was nearly ruined.

coinage 367Castle Pecka

The castle was built in the early 14th century. In the course of the 15th and the 16th century the castle was rebuilt in the Renaissance Style into a comfortable four-winged, two-floored palace.

coinage 366Spa Luhačovice -Jurkovič House

spa facility with accommodation - aromatherapy massage, baths containing additives, breathing exercises, bubble hydrotherapy, classical massage, diet therapy, heat treatment, inhalation, magnetotherapy, medical consultation, mineral bath, mineral water cures, natural carbonic bath, outdoor exercise therapy, peat wrap, pool

coinage 365The Jurkovic Observation tower

The observation tower was built according to the original architectural designs of Dušan Jurkovič, who designed it in 1896. The observation tower is 32 m tall. The tallest viewing platform is located at a height of 19 m.

coinage 363Castle Hrubý Rohozec

The predecessor of Hrubý Rohozec was an early Gothic castle, built on a cliff by the river Jizera sometime after 1300 AD. Its founder was most probably Havel, a member of the Markvatic family.

coinage 362Peak Lovoš

Lovos is a 1,764 ft / 538 m mountain peak near Lovosice, Ústecký Kraj, Czech Republic. Based on peakery data, it ranks as the 25th highest mountain in Ústecký Kraj and the 549th highest mountain in Czech Republic. The nearest peaks are Ostry, Plesivec, Deblik, Milesovka, Hora, and Varhost'.

coinage 361Castle Opočno

The area of Opočno castle is a unique collection of monuments demonstrating a way of living, a taste and thinking of a part of Czech society during five centuries. Because of its historical and art value, the castle has been declared the National Cultural Monument. Seeing the castle consist from two parts.

coinage 360ZOO Ostrava - African Slender-snouted Crocodile

he original purpose of a zoo was most of all to allow its visitors to get to know as many different species of animals as possible; nobody considered what the animals might need. Animals which live in groups in the wild were often kept singly, and all under completely unsuitable conditions in small compounds.

coinage 358Castle Kunětická Hora

ruin of the Gothic castle on the highly visible hill stands out above the horizon in the fertile plain of the Elbe valley in East Bohemia. It used to be higher, but during the centuries the stone was extracted and used, for example, for constructions in the nearby town Pardubice.

coinage 357Obří sud Javorník

It all began in 1898 in Wien at the exhibition of the 50th anniversary of reign of Franz Josef I. At this exhibition there was also a giant cask serving to the purpose of a wine house. One of the visitors of this wine house was Wilhelm Huebel, landlord from Dlouhé Mosty near Liberec.

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