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Brno (/ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ / BUR-noh, [5] Czech: ⓘ; German: Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.
Area. 0.73 ha. Buffer zone. 2,824.9 ha. Villa Tugendhat (Czech: Vila Tugendhat) is an architecturally significant building in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.
History of Brno. Brno was recognised as a town in 1243 by Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia, but the area had been settled since the 2nd century. It is mentioned in Ptolemy's atlas of Magna Germania as Eburodunum. [1] From the 11th century, a castle of the governing Přemyslid dynasty stood here, and was the seat of the non-ruling prince.
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
Mexico, [a] [b] officially the United Mexican States, [c] is a country in the southern portion of North America.Covering 1,972,550 km 2 (761,610 sq mi), [11] it is the world's 13th largest country by area; with a population of almost 130 million, it is the 10th most populous country and has the most Spanish speakers in the world. [1]
The geography of Mexico describes the geographic features of Mexico, a country in the Americas. Mexico is located at about 23° N and 102° W [1] in the southern portion of North America. [2][3] From its farthest land points, Mexico is a little over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) in length. Mexico is bounded to the north by the United States (specifically ...
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1296 - Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul established. [3] 1343 - Old Town Hall (Brno) [de] in use. [citation needed] 1356 - Church of St. Thomas consecrated. 1428 - Brno unsuccessfully besieged by Hussites. [1] 1451 - 27 July: Jews expelled. [4] 1467 - Brno besieged by forces of George of Bohemia.