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Czech Republic - Region of Moravian Walachia.

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Location: North-east of Moravia
Specification: Highlands, pasturage, great hostility, specific humor
History: original timbered houses, folk traditions
Typical activities: hiking, cycling, paragliding, plum vodka
Centers: Roznov pod Radhostem, Vsetin, Vizovice

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The city of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Image The city has perfectly proved customs and traditions and it is well known for its open-air museum, which is the oldest museum of its kind in the central Europe. It consists of three parts – Little Wooden Town, Walachian Village and the Water Mill Valley. Local people declared this region “Walachian Kingdom“. Tens of cultural events take place there every year.

Wooden Town
The setting of the Wooden town roughly imitates the Rožnov square which boasted a number of local burghers’ timbered houses up to the second half of the 19th century. Along with the original burger’s houses, town hall and the inn you can visit here the timbered church of St. Anna. The area is completed by number of small houses.

Walachian Village
There can be seen the unique village houses including the farmhouses with fields, fruit trees, beehives and cattle pens. In the Walachian Village you can also witness the traditional agricultural work. In the Water Mill Valley you can look forward to the old mill, iron mill, saw mill and exhibition of other traditional equipment.

ImageThe city of Vizovice
This city is also called “the gate to Walachia“ and it is well known for the traditional production of plum vodka and newly also for the production of glass. This place with rich history reaching back to 15th century gives every year several folklore festivals such as “Trnkobraní“ (plum harvest) or Cultural Summer of Alois Hába - a composer and musician, pioneer of a new music stream.

Vizovice Chateau
The original medieval monastery underwent reconstruction and today it is one of the best Baroque buildings in Moravia. It has gorgeous interiors in Baroque, Rococo, Empire and Biedermeier styles, and a splendid chateau picture gallery with Dutch masters. In the rooms you can find original furnishings and the chateau, which is a national cultural landmark, is surrounded by a park in French and English style.

Rudolf Jelínek
The distillery Rudolf Jelínek produces world-known vodka liquors of several variants and also fruit liquors of the best quality (e.g. pear, cherry, apricot vodka) Visitors can take part at excursions in the production halls and of course taste the samples.