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Town in Vysočina, Czech Republic
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Telč (German: Teltsch) is a town of around 5,100 inhabitants (2020) in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic. It is the best preserved of all the Bohemian and Moravian Renaissance towns and the historical heart of the town was registered in 1992 on the UNESCO's List of World Cultural Heritage sites. It is astonishingly beautiful thanks to the surrounding fish-ponds that prevented the town spreading, thus preserving the perfect town square, built in the sixteenth century. There is also an interesting chateau from the same period.
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14th century originally Gothic castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance Chateau by a nobleman Zachariáš of Hradec. Several guided tours and a gallery with exhibitions.
Iconic for Telč panorama, the Romanesque tower of the Holy Spirit is the oldest architecture in Telc. Open in summer months, view of the town.
Open in summer months, view of the town.
A 34-m-high steel structure on a hill at the edge of Telč. Apart from carrying antennae, it also hosts a view platform.
Summer garden at the main square. Ice cream.
Just a great pub with good food.
part of University
A tea-room.
Railway connection from Jihlava. Not far from České Budějovice (Budweis), Český Krumlov, Brno, and Linz. Trains are quite slow on this relation.
Read in the guideTelč is small. You can manage it all by foot. Most of the interesting parts of Telč are on the irregularly shaped square in the centre of town. There are some scenic views on the old moat outside the center.
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