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Velehrad

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Elevation
  
219 m

Local time
  
Sunday 12:44 AM

Area
  
22.25 km²

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Weather
  
15°C, Wind SE at 18 km/h, 47% Humidity

Velehrad is a village in the Uherské Hradiště District (Zlín Region) of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,323 and is the most important pilgrimage place in the Czech Republic. According to one tradition, in the Middle Ages (9th - beginning 10th century) it was the capital of the Slavic state of Great Moravia. In the 1990s it was visited twice by Pope John Paul II.

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Map of 687 06 Velehrad, Czechia

Sights

  • The Basilica of Assumption of Mary and Sts. Cyrill and Methodius
  • The memorial stone called the "King's table" (Králův stůl)
  • A statue of St. John of Nepomuk
  • A column with the statue of Jesus Christ
  • A column with the statue of Virgin Mary
  • A column with the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
  • A Cistercian monastery

    • References

    Velehrad Wikipedia
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