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Passeggiata
romantica
nell’antica capitale
dei Premislidi
di Ernesto Massimetti
By Ernesto Massimetti
A romantic walk
in the ancient
Přemyslid capital
oLoMoUC La FEDELISSIMa:
QUaNDo La MoRaVIa ERa
RoCCaFoRTE aSBURGICa
oLomouC THE LoyAL TowN:
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A HABSBuRG STRoNGHoLD
Pensi a Olomouc, la fedelissima, e ti
viene in mente la Controriforma. Sì
perchè, delle città asburgiche, Olo‑
mouc fu (per certi versi ancora è)
quella che più trasuda reminiscenze
When you think of Olomouc, the loyal
town, it brings to mind the Counter-
Reformation period. Yes, because, of
all the Habsburg towns, Olomouc was
(and to some extent still is) the town
that - more than any other - exudes of
seventeen-century reminiscences. This
is not only true for its Baroque churches
seicentesche. Non si tratta solo del
barocco delle sue chiese e dei suoi pa‑
lazzi, delle onnipresenti fontane (sei,
le più belle, son dedicate a simboli
classici della romanità: Ercole, Cesare,
and palaces, or the ubiquitous fountains
(six of them, in fact, and the most
beautiful dedicated to classical Roman
symbols: Hercules, Caesar, Mercury,
Jupiter, Neptune, Triton), of the endless
Horní Náměstí where stands the tall
fascinating Trinity Column - which is
now recognized as a Unesco heritage.
progetto repubblica ceca
Mercurio, Giove, Nettuno, Tritone),
della sconfinata Horní Náměstí dove
torreggia la fascinosa Colonna della
Trinità, oggi patrimonio dell’Unesco.
I capolavori di questo dimenticato
Foto: edoardo malvenuti
Bernini would have loved the masterpieces
of this forgotten historical
center, lying next to the green parks
that surround it on each side, to its
churches and the university, renowned
for its classical studies.
The University wanted (need we remind
ourselves?) by the Jesuit Fathers