Regional capitals
The cities that host the regional authorities: history, squares, buildings and institutions.
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Brno PlaceA statutory city at the confluence of the Svratka and the Svitava, the second largest city in Czechia, the metropolis of South Moravian Region and the…
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České Budějovice PlaceČeské Budějovice is a statutory city in South Bohemia and the seat of the South Bohemian Region. The city lies in the České Budějovice Basin at the…
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Hradec Králové PlaceHradec Králové is a statutory city in East Bohemia and the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. It lies at the confluence of the Elbe (Labe) and the…
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Jihlava PlaceA statutory city on the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and the seat of the Vysočina Region, founded in the 13th century after the discovery of silver…
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Karlovy Vary PlaceKarlovy Vary (Carlsbad) is a statutory city in West Bohemia and the seat of the Karlovy Vary Region. The spa town lies in the valley of the Vřídlo hot…
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Liberec PlaceA statutory city and the centre of Liberec Region in a basin below Ještěd, in the 19th century one of the main centres of the textile industry in…
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Olomouc PlaceA statutory city on the Morava river and the regional city of Olomouc Region, the seat of an archbishopric and of Palacký University.
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Ostrava PlaceA statutory city at the confluence of the Ostravice and Odra rivers, the third largest city in Czechia and the seat of the Moravian-Silesian Region;…
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Pardubice PlaceA statutory city and the seat of Pardubice Region at the confluence of the Elbe and the Chrudimka, whose historic core arose under the Pernštejn…
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Plzeň PlaceA statutory city and the metropolis of Plzeň Region at the confluence of four rivers, founded around 1295 by King Wenceslas II.
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Ústí nad Labem PlaceÚstí nad Labem is a statutory city in North Bohemia and the seat of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It lies in the Elbe (Labe) valley within the České…
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Zlín PlaceA statutory city on the Dřevnice River and the centre of the Zlín Region, rebuilt by the Bata company in the 1920s and 1930s; from 1949 to 1989 it was…
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- Petrov hill with the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul — Photo: Michal Klajban, 2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons