Hradec Králové

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Hradec Králové



- regional center of Eastern Bohemia
- 40 km from polish border
- 110 km E from Prague
- 150 km NW from Brno
- 180 km SW from Wroclaw, Poland
- population: 94 255 inhabitants (2007)
- lowland character, at a junction of Orlice river to Labe (Elbe) river
- first larger town on Labe way from its source towards Hamburg
- the Oreb hill above the town, Orlické mountains (35 km) i Krkonoše mountains (60 km) closed to
- town of Jan Kotěra and Josef Gočár, who built valuable interwar Hradec Králové
- dominants: gothic cathedral of the Holy Ghost, the White Tower
- muzeum of Eastern Bohemia, Uniwersity
- town chateau
- following a research, best Czech town-cycloways network
- trolley-bus (and bus) network
- new football stadion supposed to be under construction since 2009


one June Sunday 2008:

Velké náměstí (Great Square)


















Malé náměstí (Lesser Square)




Východočeské muzeum (Eastern-Bohemian Museum)




Zámek (Town Chateau)




Architecture in the center
























Holy Ghost Cathedral




White Tower




Along Labe riverbanks










Old brewery after reconstruction






By the way towards Railway Station








Railway Station (from Wikipedia)