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Botanical Gardens
The Botanical Gardens are across the Mlýnský potok to the east.
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Chapel of St Jan Sarkander
Nearby Žerotínovo nám is the tiny round Chapel of St Jan Sarkander, named after a local priest who died under torture in 1620 for refusing to divulge false confessions. It's built on the site of the jail where he died, part of which is preserved in the cellar.
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Dolní Náměstí
In Dolní Náměstí the 1661 church of Annunciation of St Mary (kostel Zvěstování Panny Marie) stands out with its beautifully sober interior. Its antithesis is the opulent 16th-century Renaissance confection, the Hauenschild palace (not open to the public). The square also sports its own Marian plague column (Mariánský morový sloup), and baroque fountains dedicated to Neptune and Jupiter.
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Holy Trinity Column
Across Horní Náměstí, Holy Trinity Column is impossible to miss. A baroque mélange of gold and grey, its monumental form is reminiscent of the Buddhist shrine of Borobudur in Indonesia. Built between 1716 and 1754 to a design by V Render, a local sculptor, it is supposedly the biggest single baroque sculpture in Central Europe.In 2000, the column was awarded an inscription on Unesco's World Heritage list.
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Horní Náměstí
The splendid, polymorphous town hall (radnice) in the middle of Horní Náměstí was built in 1378, though its present architectural style and needlelike tower date from 1607. Note the oriel window of the 15th-century chapel on the south side and don't miss the astronomical clock on the north side, remodelled in communist style so that each hour is announced by ideologically pure workers instead of pious saints. The best display is at midday.
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Olomouc Museum of Art
The Olomouc Museum of Art is an excellent gallery with changing displays of 20th-century Czech paintings and sculpture, plus shows of contemporary artists. Upstairs is the musical theatre which still hosts regular performances.
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Přemysl Palace
Pride of place goes to the remnants of the early 12th-century Přemysl Palace, originally built for Bishop Jindřich Zdík. A detailed English text walks you through a cloister with 15th and 16th century frescoes on the original walls up to the archaeological centrepiece, the bishops' rooms with their Romanesque walls and windows (rediscovered in 1867), and artistry unequalled elsewhere in the Czech Republic, even in Prague castle.
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Regional History museum
In a former convent, is the Regional History museum with historical, geographical and zoological displays.
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St Mary of the Snows
The original Jesuit college complex, founded in 1573, stretches along Universitní and into Náměstí Republiky. It includes the baroque church of St Mary of the Snows (kostel Panny Marie Sněžné), which is full of fine frescoes.
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St Wenceslas Cathedral
In the peaceful, pocket-sized Václavské nám, in the northeast corner of the old centre, are the most venerable of Olomouc's historical buildings. Originally a Romanesque basilica, consecrated in 1131, the St Wenceslas Cathedral was rebuilt several times before being thoroughly 'neo-Gothicised' inside and out in the 1880s.
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Town Hall
The splendid, polymorphous town hall (radnice) in the middle of Horní Náměstí was built in 1378, though its present architectural style and needlelike tower date from 1607. Note the oriel window of the 15th-century chapel on the south side and don't miss the Astronomical Clock on the north side, remodelled in communist style so that each hour is announced by ideologically pure workers instead of pious saints. The best display is at midday
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Town Hall Tower
The splendid, polymorphous town hall (radnice) in the middle of Horní Náměstí was built in 1378, though its present architectural style and needlelike Town Hall Tower date from 1607.
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Žerotínovo Náměstí
Picturesque lanes thread northeast from Dolní nám to Žerotínovo Náměstí, named after the Žerotíns, a landowning family who set Velké Losiny's gruesome 17th-century witch trials in motion. Here you'll find the green-domed landmark of St Michael church (kostel sv Michala), with its robust baroque interior. Among the furnishings is a rare painting of a pregnant Virgin Mary. Wrapped around the entire block is an active Dominican seminary (Dominikánský klášter).
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