Coins [Commemorative medals from points of interest in CZ

here were originally five gates which allowed entrance into medieval Brno, which at that time was completely enclosed by an incredibly well-fortified wall. The city's reputation as a tough nut to crack was due mainly to this wall and the Menin Gate is the only one of the five still standing.

coinage 187Milotice Chateau

Milotice Chateau is known as a pearl of the Southeast Moravia. It is administrated by the National Institute for the Preservation of the National Monuments in Brno and it is a National Cultural Monument. The Chateau was build at the place of a stronghold that was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau in the 16th century.

coinage 186Medieval tavern Dětenice

One step over the threshold will take you from the 21st century to the Middle Ages.

coinage 185Mine Michal

The oldest history of Michal mine is connected with an effort of the former Austrian state to support coal mining as an inevitable precondition for industry development.

coinage 184Cheb

The town in the heart of Europe can show off with a rich history going back to the 9th Century.

coinage 183The castle Klášterec nad Ohří

Thecastle is located on the left bank of the river Ohře in a ten hectare, dendrological very valuable English park from the 1820s and 1870s, in which 220 tree species from all around the world can be found. There is also the sala terrena with a gloriette in the palace grounds, which has Jan Brokof's carvings from the 1680s.

coinage 182The state chateau Kroměříž - Tiziano Vecelio

The Archbishop’s Château in the town of Kromeriz ranks among the most valued historic monuments in Moravia. It used to serve as a representative residence of its owners, Olomouc Archbishops. In 1110, a market settlement called Kromeriz was bought by the Olomouc Bishop Jan II.

coinage 181Prague Loreto

The Prague Loreto is an artistic and historical monument, as well as a Baroque pilgrimage site the renown of which in the city can perhaps be compared only with that of the wonder-working statue of the Infant of Prague. Construction of the Prague Loreto Santa Casa (illus.

coinage 180Charles bridge - Oldtown bridge tower

Kharles Bridge is a stone Gothic bridge that connects the Old Town and Malá Strana. It was actually called the Stone Bridge (Kamenný most) during the first several centuries. Its construction was commissioned by Czech king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IVand began in 1357.

coinage 179St. George's Basilica

St. George's Basilica originated as the second church at Prague Castle. Only the foundations of the building, founded about 920 by Prince Vratislav I have been preserved.

coinage 178Chateau Loučeň Labyrinth

The history of the Castle dates back to Middle ages, first note comes from 1223. After Thirty Years' War the ownership was in the hands of Waldstein's. From 1809 the Castle was owned by the Thurn-Taxis aristocracy till 1945, when it was confiscated by the Czechoslovak State.

coinage 177The chateau Červená Lhota

The Chateau in the Lake – Renaissance Chateau Cervena Lhota, a Renaissance water fortress, is the only Czech chateau to stand in the middle of a lake.

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