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Žďár nad Sázavou
Last weekend was taken up by an outing to Žďár nad Sázavou. Karla and I met there to go skiing, although we never really did find skis or trails. Apart from being a small, quiet, and relatively nice Czech town, just to the north of the center there is a UNESCO-recognized church at Zelená hora (Green mountain). The church is situated at the top of the mountain but hidden by trees until you get close. The unique church and surrounding churchyard is dedicated to St. John of Nepomuk. It was built in the early eighteenth century. It was kind of funny walking around in the downtown, scattered with communist-era socialist realist art, e.g. the town theater, 
while knowing the church was never more than two or three kilometers away: 
Another strange site/sight was the closed Julius Meinl grocery that still advertises "Quality for low prices" (note the empty shelves). It's not clear what they're referring to. Some people think they can sell you anything.
Finally, a trumpeting angel heralded the distant TOKOZ factory from another Santini construction, the Lower Cemetery outside the chateau.
while knowing the church was never more than two or three kilometers away: 
Another strange site/sight was the closed Julius Meinl grocery that still advertises "Quality for low prices" (note the empty shelves). It's not clear what they're referring to. Some people think they can sell you anything.
Finally, a trumpeting angel heralded the distant TOKOZ factory from another Santini construction, the Lower Cemetery outside the chateau.
Posted 12 December 2005 at 17:05.
A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.
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