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Sede, nel 1848,
dell’incoronazione
di Francesco
Giuseppe,olomouc
fu anche città
prediletta
del principe
Massimiliano.
Il futuro
imperatore
del Messico vi
trascorreva lunghi
soggiorni estivi
Royal headquarters,
in 1848 of the
coronation of Franz
Joseph, olomouc
was one of the
chosen cities of the
prince maximilian.
The future emperor
of mexico spent long
summers there
cava neppure di poter usare talvolta
un’arguzia tutta morava. Nel 1883,
ecco arrivare fra gli altri visitatori un
bizzarro kapellmeister nel teatro cit‑
tadino: si tratta nientepopodimeno
che di Gustav Mahler. Il povero Gustav,
non ancora issato ai fasti della grande
musica, fatto oggetto dell’ironia dei
giornali locali, resistette appena per
tre mesi.
Città colta, dunque, a tratti estetiz‑
zante: cresciuta fra chiese, univer‑
sità, teatro e palazzi storici di quella
nobiltà mitteleuropea che irrobustì in
It is true; Brno received the honour of Habsburgs and the German princes took
being the new Moravian capital of wine place. The two-headed eagle seemed to
and castles. It witnessed the surge and have a special appreciation for this nest:
turmoil of Habsburghian history: the not too far from Vienna, Iuliomontium
defeat of Austerlitz, the harshness of remained a junction point on the road to
the Spielberg, the devastating 1848 ©PIM Silesia and Cracow. Indeed, thanks to its
revolution that threatened to engulf humble elegance, the town became the
the whole empire. While Olomouc, the favorite place of Prince Massimiliano,
conservative town, remained for a long younger brother of Franz Joseph. The
time a town of peace. And it is, perhaps, future Emperor of Mexico began spend-
for this reason that you cannot ignore ing his long summer holidays there.
the beautiful “Alamòc” town - as the Discretion as a form of custom: and
Hungarians still call it today - if you here it was, transformed into a perfect
want to understand a little of the his- “retreat” of the most famous European
tory of the Austrian dynasty. Fortified court for its privacy and discretion. But,
by Maria Theresa of Habsburg, point- while strengthening links with the
lessly besieged by the Prussians in graceful town of Salzburg, Olomouc did
1758, Olomouc was above all the place not forgot at times to use that peculiarly
of the abdication of Emperor Ferdinand Moravian wit. In 1883, along with the
I in ‘”annus horribilis” 1848.
other visitors, a bizarre Kapellmeister
If history can sometimes be ruthless, it arrived at the town theater: it was none
may also grant unexpected successes: other than Gustav Mahler. The poor
on 2nd December of the same year, in Gustav, who had not yet reached the
the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas, the his- magnificence of great music, became
torical coronation of Franz Joseph took the object of irony in the local papers
place. He was destined to rule until and was able to endure it only for about
1917: just 68 years!
three months.
In 1850, in Olomouc, a decisive dip- Thus, a town of culture, at times with
lomatic conference between the aesthetic traits: grown among church-
progetto repubblica ceca
L’incoronazione di Francesco
Giuseppe a Olomouc
The coronation of Franz Joseph
in Olomouc
Moravia le più salde radici: Liechten‑
stein, Edelmann, Windisch‑Graetz e
molti altri. Ancora oggi, il più grande
organo esistente in Repubblica Ceca è
alloggiato qui: chiesa di Sant Moric,
2311 canne. Capolavoro barocco e
anche per certi versi biedermeier, tal‑
volta ammirato da turisti colti. Città
leziosa e preziosa, piuttosto, Olomouc
lo è rimasta anche adesso per gli ope‑
rosi e accurati studenti cechi. Vengo‑
no qui per perfezionare i propri studi
umanistici: sono quasi ventimila, su
una popolazione che supera appena i
100mila abitanti, mentre l’ateneo ha
prodotto e continua a produrre insi‑
gni ricercatori e studiosi.
Per gustare davvero l’elegante Olo‑
mouc, allora, l’ideale è arrivarvi nel
mese di maggio: fioriscono i giardini e
le ragazze morave, è bello passeggia‑
re fra i parchi fin de siècle e villa Pri‑
mavesi, mentre si celebra ancora una
volta il rinomato”Festival dei Fiori”.
es, universities, theaters and historical
buildings of that Central-European
nobility that in established solid roots
in Moravia: Liechtenstein, Edelmann,
Windisch-Graetz, and many others.
Still today, the largest existing organ
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in
the Czech Republic with 2,311 pipes is
housed here: in the church of Sant Moric.
A Baroque masterpiece and in some
ways also a Biedermeier, that at times
is admired by cultured tourists. Olomouc
has also remained a somewhat
affected and precious town for the industrious
and diligent Czech students,
who come here to perfect their classical
studies: there are almost twenty
thousand of them out of a population
of just over 100 thousand inhabitants,
while the university has and continues
to produce outstanding researchers
and scholars.
To really enjoy the elegant Olomouc
town, then, the ideal thing is to go
there in May: the Moravian gardens
and girls are in full bloom; it is lovely
to stroll through the fin de siècle parks
and villa Primavesi, while they are
once more celebrating the well known
“Flower Festival”.