Sent by Bludovice of Czech Republic. This one shows various places in the city of Ostrava; Nádražní třída, Slezskoostravský hrad, Hotel Polsky dum, Divadlo Antonína Dvořáka, and Husuv sad.
Ostrava (Czech pronunciation: [ˈostrava], locally: [o'strava], German: Ostrau, Polish: Ostrawa) is the third largest city in theCzech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of Ostrava-City District.
Ostrava is located at the confluence of the Ostravice, Oder, Lučina and Opava rivers. Its history and growth have been largely affected by exploitation and further use of the high quality black coal deposits discovered in the locality, giving the town a look of an industrial city and a nickname of the “steel heart of the republic” (Czech: ocelové srdce republiky) during the communist era ofCzechoslovakia. Many of the heavy industry companies are being closed down or transformed, yet the city remains one of the most polluted in the European Union. (Source)
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