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Plzen's historical underground was built between the 13th and 19th century. It consists of two or three level cellars, used for preserving food, for manufactures, for malt-houses , wine-vaults and also for technical purposes as galleries bringing water to the water supply tower and as sewage and wells.
Archeological research delivered many subjects of the everyday-life in a medieval town like ceramics, glass and wooden products, some of them are exhibited in the public part of the historical underground.
Since the 16th century water pipes were added to deserve the 4 corners of the town by fountains.
In the end of the visit you'll find a large water mill used to pump the water in the tower a few meters away.
You can visit the Underground only with a guide with a choice between czech, german or english for 50 krones. Helmets are mandatory, but you won't complain about wearing them as the ceiling gets pretty low from time to time.
If you are lucky enough to get our guide , you'll have fun with the way he spits out his explanations in no-time including jokes without any emotion although he was very friendly. Leave a Comment
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Indeed the spire towering above St Bartholomew is the highest of former Czechoslovakia, with 331 ft.
From the top you can enjoy a nice view over all of Plzen , making the 4th city of Czech republic look small.
Almost all tower bells were destroyed by fire when the spire was struck by lightning in 1835. Leave a Comment
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Across St Bartolomew church on the town square you'll find the town hall, with the St Mary's Plague memorial.
This statue was built in 1681 , just one year after Plzen was saved from the Plague
In 1714 the statues of St. Bartholomew, St. Wenceslas, St. Frantisek Xaversky, St. Ruzena, St. Antonin, St. Roch, St. Barbora and St. Florian were added around the memorial. Leave a Comment
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In Belgium we have a zillion breweries, therefore we did not visit Urquell's.
The museum shows the barrils were beer was contained and the ice packs to keep the golden liquid from heating up.
Although heer has been brewed in Plzen since 1295 , coinciding with the year the town was founded, the genuine and world famous "Pilsener" is connected with the name of The Burghers Brewery built in 1842.
Since its conversion in 1958 from its previous usage as a malt house , this is the only Brewery Museum in the Czech republic. Leave a Comment
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All of the city had cellars, and some of them may be visited by a guided tour, as they had been combined recently into a large labyrinth.
You may see plenty of the old wells and the things that the medieval population of Plzen
threw into the wells :
broken china and pewter, a headbone of a horse, old weapons etc. Leave a Comment Directions: The entrance is just a few meters from the beer-museum
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Inside the townhall you may see an exhibition of old photos of the city and the most important for you might be a small-size-model of the inner town, with all buildings inside the garden-ring with all the details of the fassades that may help you a lot, when you search for interesting architecture. Leave a Comment Directions: Just behind the entrance hall
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St. Bartholomy was built in the middle of the town square already in 1297 and rebuilt again in 1476.
The spire of the church is the highest in the whole Czech Republic.
During the day the church itself is locked, but you may have a look through a gate at the entrance. Leave a Comment Directions: Right in the middle of the town square
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The altar shows the famous " Madonna of Plzen " , an early masterpiece of 1390, as one of the many statues . The altar itself was built in the 19th century and decorated with older statues.
There is also the so called "Sternberg-chapel" in the back of the church, as the Sternberg-family donated most of the money to build the church. Leave a Comment Directions: the church right on the main square
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The beer-museum in "Veleslavinova" ( maybe 100 meters from the main square)
is one of the eldest beer-museums in the world and it shows plenty of interesting exhibits.
It is also a great place to buy souvenirs, related to beer like glasses, bottles, jugs etc... Leave a Comment Directions: Only about 100 meters from the main square
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The big Synagoge is just 200 meters off the town-square on the circle-street
called Pobrezni. It was built in the 19th century for a rather large jewish population
in Plzen.
The Synagoge will be locked and not open to visitors during the day. Leave a Comment
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on November 17, 2005
on July 24, 2003
