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floating sculpture at Hradec nad Moravicí  
   

floating sculpture at Hradec nad Moravicí

Czech Republic – Ostrava, Brno, Trebič

June 2nd 2013
April 2, 2012. I went to visit a friend who lived in a village near Ostrava. (This was not a backpacking trip.) I learned a lot about European history during my stay with her. There had always been Germans and Czechs living in Bohemia and Moravia (and a whole bunch of other ethnic groups such as Pols, Hungarians, Jews, and various other Slavs) but I guess Czechs made up the majority. For example, ... read more
Europe » Czech Republic » Moravian-Silesian Region

Czech Flag Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more
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