Telč

TELČ

Telč is a UNESCO reservation with an intact Renaissance inner town; it has a beautiful Renaissance chateau with an English park and unique Baroque houses. Telč, with a population of 7000, is a natural centre of the southern part of the Bohemian-Moravian highlands. A royal water fort founded in the 13th century at a crossroads of major trade routes. It was later owned by several aristocratic families. In the 16th century, the chateau and the inner town were rebuilt, and their Renaissance appearance is preserved, almost intact, up to the present day.

Art, and especially music, play a major role in the life of present day Tele. Chamber and classical music lovers who can select from a long list of concerts and music festivals. The most important festivals are Krajina hudby (Land of Music), Franco-Czech Music Academy, The Horácko international festival of folklore in spring, and the Prázdniny v Telei (Holiday in Tele) that lasts 16 days.