What is the second largest city in the Czech Republic?

Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, is the capital of South Moravia and the center of education and industry. It is located on the eastern edge of the Czech-Moravian Plateau, where the Sv-Ratka River and Switala River meet. The population is 383,569 (65,438 in 2000+10/65,438 in October +0).

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Despite repeated wars in Brno, many magnificent buildings still exist today, and many medieval monuments and ancient buildings are preserved in the city. Shiboerbek Castle, located in Gaogang, was built in 1277. It used to be the residence of the Marquis of Moravia, which was reinforced and expanded by the lords in the past. From the end of 18, the Habsburg dynasty imprisoned prisoners in castles, and many Austrian revolutionaries, Italian charcoal burners and Polish revolutionaries were imprisoned here. During World War II, the Nazis imprisoned 80,000 political prisoners in the underground cell of the castle. 196 1 year, the castle was transformed into a city museum.

The bell tower of downtown cathedral rings the noon bell at 1 1 every morning to commemorate the Thirty Years' War. In the "Thirty Years' War" of 16 18-1648, the Swedish army besieged Brno twice, and it was unable to attack for a long time, so it decided to retreat on the last day of the siege if it failed before noon. After learning this news, the citizens of Brno rang the noon bell at 1 1 in advance, and the Swedes retreated and the siege was lifted. Since then, the tradition of striking noon bell has continued to this day.

February 25th Square in the city center is surrounded by ancient buildings. Built at 1600, the Jetri Hestney Palace (now Moravia Museum) and the Brno Theatre are typical ancient buildings. The old city hall was built in 1240, and has now been transformed into the Brno History Museum. There are five carved wooden columns above the arch of the main hall, and the statues on the wooden columns are exquisite and unique. The crocodile model hanging in the corridor is the symbol of Brno. The new town hall was built in16th century. It used to be the seat of Moravian parliament and provincial court. It has a gothic living room, a corridor and a baroque parliament hall. The ancient murals in the hall have high artistic value.

There are many ancient churches in the city, the most famous of which are St. Jack's Church built in14th century, St. Peter's and St. Paul's Church built in15th century, and St. Thomas' Church built in17th century. There is a monument to the end of the Napoleonic Wars in Denisovi Sadi Park near Shpolbierk Castle. 1805, Napoleon commanded the famous Battle of Ritz in Australia here. Ostritz, now known as Slavkov, is located in the southeast of Brno 10 km. At that time, France, Austria and Russia Huang San commanded this battle here, which was called the Battle of Huang San in history. As a result, the Austrian-Russian Coalition forces were defeated by Napoleon. Today, there is still a small church and a clothes tomb on the battlefield site. Kutuzov, a famous Russian, once lived in the old town hall in Brno.

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There is an exhibition park in the southwest suburb of the city, where the Brno International Trade Fair is held every year. The Plague Memorial Column, built in18th century, is also one of the historic sites here. Traces of prehistoric humans have also been found nearby.

On June 5, 2000, the Czech government decided to build a large industrial park in Brno to attract more foreign investors. The industrial park is located in Touzani, near Brno airport, with a total investment of 2.7 billion kroner (about 40 kroner (1 USD), of which the state contributed 654.38+0.5 billion kroner, and the local government undertook 654.38+0.2 billion kroner. It is one of the largest industrial parks in the Czech Republic. In order to support the construction of the park, the state allocated 200 hectares of construction land to the local government for free, built a road between the park and the main road, and funded the relocation of a local aircraft repair shop.