Castles of "Czech Republic" NOVÉ ZÁMKY vs OLOMOUC

NOVÉ ZÁMKY

Nové Zámky (About this soundpronunciation (help·info); Hungarian: Érsekújvár, German: Neuhäus[e]l, Latin: Novum Castrum, Turkish: Uyvar) is a town in...

Nové Zámky (About this soundpronunciation (help·info); Hungarian: Érsekújvár, German: Neuhäus[e]l, Latin: Novum Castrum, Turkish: Uyvar) is a town in Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of southwestern Slovakia. The town is located on the Danubian Lowland, on the Nitra River, at an altitude of 119 metres. It is located around 100 km from Bratislava and around 25 km from the Hungarian border. It is a road and railway hub of southern Slovakia. The town has a distinguished history. From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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OLOMOUC

Located on the Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical capital city of Moravia, before having been sacked by the...

Located on the Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical capital city of Moravia, before having been sacked by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. Today, it is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and the sixth largest city in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre is valuable and well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument reservation. The Holy Trinity Column is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Olomouc is said to occupy the site of a Roman fort founded in the imperial period, the original name of which, Iuliomontium (Mount Julius), would be gradually changed to the present form. Although this account is not documented except as oral history, archaeological excavations close to the city have revealed the remains of a Roman military camp dating from the time of the Marcomannic Wars of the late 2nd century.

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