Telčis a town in southernMoravia, nearJihlava, in theCzech Republic. The town was founded in the 13th century as a royal water fort on the crossroads of busy merchant routes between Bohemia, Moravia and Austria.
Besides the monumental 17th-century Renaissancechâteauwith an English-style park (a rebuilding of original Gothic castle), the most significant sight is the town square, a unique complex of long urban plaza with well-conserved Renaissance andBaroquehouses with high gables and arcades; since 1992 all of this has been aUNESCOWorld Heritage Site.
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