Pardubice

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History

Zelená brána (Green gate)

• Dominant urban monument reservation
• Distinctive tower with a copper roof
• Built a large fire in the city in 1538
• As the "Green Gateway" is explicitly mentioned for the first time in 1547
• Today is the object consists of Renaissance entrance gate to the facade gave Councillor in 1903 to place a relief according to a draft Mikoláš Aleš
• For the entrance gate is off more than 60 m high tower, which received the current form between 1910 - 1912
• Tower is open to the season and offers a beautiful view of the urban and reservation castle, and the general surroundings

Pernštýnské náměstí (Square of Pernštýn)

• Burgher houses on the picturesque square and adjacent streets bear traces late Gothic building from the beginning of the 16th century in the form of stone frames and portals, and especially residues painted nik
• Early Renaissance gave his testimony to the typical home, as well as the remains of paintings on several home fronts
• Most of the houses, however, given the external decoration when editing at the time of Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, Empire and later

Jonášův dům (Jonah House)

• Most Admired Baroque monument Pardubice

• House No. 50 on the eastern side Pernštýn´s square, called "Jonah House"
• On the ground floor has been preserved valuable cavern vault the beginning of the 16th century
• The front of the house is decorated with large in size plastic relief, which constitute the dominant figure in the biblical prophet Jonah maw of whales
• Authorship of this work of art is attributed to local sculptors Jakub Teplý, which was also the author of several other home decorations
• Currently exposure Eastern galleries

Town Hall

• Building a new town hall for the years 1892 - 1894
• On the spot the old Town Hall and other three houses on the north side of the square was a large Renaissance city hall complex, built according to a design by the architect John Wejrych
• Facade is decorated with medallions
• Between windows 2nd floors are frescoes
• On the rear facade excel sgrafita according to a draft Mikoláš Aleš, representing dance, recitation, music and kultus city of Pardubice
• Knight statue that adorns the shield Town Hall, was created according to figures Adalbert of Pernštejn to crypt in the church of St. Bartholomew
• Historic hall with nice ceiling paintings
• Music room with a balcony is cultural and social events
  

The Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin

• Is among the oldest buildings in Pardubice
•  Founded it in the middle of the 14th century. then co-owner of town, Prague Archbishop Arnošt of Pardubice
• At the beginning of the 16th Century gave William of Pernštejn church rebuilt in the late Gothic style
• Valuable vault presbyteria
• In the 30 Between the 16th century, and subsequently in the years 1616 - 1784 served the needs of the local monastery Rules Minorite
• Underground premises were used as burial catacombs, the greater part of it for the 2nd World War II served after construction work as guards to protect

The St. Bartholomew

• Church
• Early 16th William century set of Pernštejn
• New building late Gothic church should serve as a temple for the monastery Rules Minorites, William of Pernštejn before 1514 in Pardubice founded, and as a burial ground for the Czech branch of the family Lords of Pernštejn.
• In 1532 assumed the role of bartoloměj church definitively the parish church, remained in its funerary function
• The dominant feature of the temple presbyteria still constitute a huge sandstone tumba, covered cornerstone of the figure of Pernštejn Adalbert (1534) life-size.
• Preserved the original layout and decoration painting belongs to the Church of unique documents on the temple area in the 16th century

Other historical monuments

• St.. John the Baptist
• Church of St. Giles in Pardubičkách
• Church of the Virgin Mary Seventimespainful
  

Present

industrial city

Chemical Industry

the ecological burden on the city, the inhabitants of the surrounding countryside

• Synthesia
• based on 1920 as the "Czechoslovak joint-stock factory on the explosive substance"
• the production of pigments, dyes, cellulose and other organic and inorganic compounds
• the production of explosives (Semtex)
• Paramo
• Pardubice of mineral oil refineries
• the processing of oil
• Synpo
• the Synthetic polymers
• the formerly known as VÚSPL (= Research Institute resins and varnishes)

Electrical industry

• Foxcon
• fitting-factory of Asian companies producing components of IT and consumer electronics production to the manufacture of components for communications and electronic equipment
• the opportunity to work for unskilled foreign workers (Romania, Mongolia, Vietnam ...)
• Panasonic
• fitting-factory built on 2004
• manufactures of mobile communications equipment and audio systems in cars

Food industry

• Brewery
• the beer is a tradition since 14 century
• the largest development occurred in the 15th 16 century: William of Pernštejn

Shipping

road transport

• An important road junction
• In the direction of the North-South meets the city I/37 (Hradec Kralove - Chrudim)
• In the direction of the east - west meets the city I/36 (road of D11od Prague toward Moravia)
• Industrial city generates a large number of road traffic
• Completely broken grid communications system bringing all the services, including transit directly into the inner parts of the city causing considerable traffic problems

Train traffic

• station
• on one of the most important buildings of post-war functionalism
• 4 island on the platform
• the incoming and outgoing tunnel to individual platform

buses

• Bus station

shipping

• Recreation on the river Elbe
  

air transport

• Pardubice airport
• International civilian airport
• Was established in 1995
• Originally military
• Today is the airport with mixed military and civilian air traffic
• Focus on clients in the East: Sunday regular flight Moscow - Pardubice - a line from Moscow to St. Petersburg Pardubice

Sports

• Velká Pardubická (Great Pardubická)

• the heaviest horse-race on the European continent
• based on 1874

• Zlatá přilba (Gold Helmet)

• the traditional annual motorcycle race
• the oldest race on the flat track in the world
• the first time the Golden Helmet was in 1929

• Hockey 

• the club HC Pardubice (stars: Dominik Hašek, Vladimír Martinec, Ota Janecký, ...)
  
• Name of the club is complemented by main sponsor, former Tesla, and later Moeller
• the hockey stadium
  
• now known as multifunction hall
• named Arena Pardubice, according to the current sponsor added: previously Duhová arena, and later CEZ Arena
• venue hockey games, basketball games in, floorbal...
• held here concerts and festival games Czech Open

• Czech Open

• on the international festival (not only) Board Games
• the greatest chess festival in the world

sources

1. http://www.mesto-pardubice.cz/en/

see also

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