Telkom so is the ideal breeding ground for fairy tales and legends for centuries now the restless soul about a funnels and bell has flitted through these words. Like an island of peace the czech town of telco is located midway between prague in vienna where the borders of bohemia moravia and low austria meet. In the fourteenth century the luxemburg kings ruled this region charles the fourth assume control of it as a young margrave. Here monex feuded with one another nobleman switched allegiance and robber barons and bands of britons exploited the intrigues of those in power finally the land was devastated by religious conflict. In the mid fifteenth century things became more peaceful husain and catholic churches each accepted the existence of the other the town lay at the crossroads of important trade routes its burgers brewed beer and salt salt. Tell the castle was taken over by the high adage family since fifteen twenty six theyve been faithful servants of the house of halves book and even more devout catholics. Thus the lady in white raised her veil and went about the council with a smile on her lips because happier times were about to dawn. In fifteen fifty exactly riots the second son of the chancellor of bohemia. Might tell his residents craftsman was to work right up to the last minute to have turned these part of the medieval castle into a representative palace in time for zacharias is waiting. A year later zacharias undertook a journey to italy with another bohemian heiress to craft a fashionable step at the time they studied antiquity and italian architecture from then on it was clear to this ambitious nobleman that rene sounds beauty should also adorn moravia. Time was pressing because a mistress was expected it to cancel a cut of the nerve. Zacharias was marrying a good name and silver mines in return he offered a political career as a member of the catholic landed gentry. It turned out to be far more than a happy union which makes the fairy tale castle even more appealing. The blaze of fifteen thirty made a new beginning necessary that and the new selfconfidence of the ruling family medieval tel gradually turned into a proud rene songs town the local artisans work for the castle and its long sought to enhance his esteem through worthy surroundings. The owners of the gothic buildings on the Market Square began to spruce them up bakers and brewers cloth makers and joiners added a story to their small homes together with new for sounds and arcades inside modesty prevailed but outwardly no expense was spared. A new style of gable helped lift the comparative gloom of the middle ages and introduced the vitality of the renaissance. How fortuitous that baker under each had married off his daughter to the castle administrator and could thus afford his masters plaster of paris art his arms. What an ascent into the creative realm of the gods down below the principles above them the coats of arms of the right it involved time families and finally the profits of the Old Testament credo captured in plaster a giant visiting. A Southern Breeze was now blowing through tel defying the harsh wind from the. In the clamor of the marketplace foreign sounds could be heard the italians had arrived not only artists and artisans working in the castle but also traders and burgers tell could become a colorful place its. The lady in white who must have had much to smile about at this time when unlike hydrogen ran his lands with economic wisdom. After the hunt relatives and other members of the new realty like the luck of it. Would make their way to the castle for the festival. The noble gentleman would exchange hunting experiences over bowls of soup and gang pastries or discuss the political scene of the call to vienna last enjoying roast pheasant songbirds while the ladies would praise the virtues of spanish fashion. Over fish dishes it might be heard that oysters from tree yesterday arrived at the market in winter and that the choices pieces of furniture were made in newell bug there would then follow speciality spike from eggs courtly gossip hungary and wine and rumors of wedding plans amongst europes aristocracy for mental edification and to a did gesture in the guests might then retire to the newly designed wings of the palace in the gold moon the musicians would already be tuning their instruments. With cries of delight the Illustrious Society would let itself be bathed in the glow from the chandeliers. The moderate pace of the stepping dunces enabled the ability to let their gaze wonder. And despite the stiff collars atop their stiff robes they twisted their necks to become lost in contemplation of the magnificent ceiling. The fabled creatures with modified wings and fish tales scantily clad beauties small the gentleman locked in a passionate embrace with ladies of alabaster countenance. One allegory after another sprang forth from the attendance of imagination. Wealth and power the shining torch of the enlightenment and the radiant smile of the lady in white that was the sixteenth century for tell. Them the veil fell again on the face of the lady in white and on the golden age. The adage error came to an end catarina found out stein died far too young followed by her only son. There was to be no second happiness and no heir for zacharias when he remarried. It was also the end of cosmopolitan thinking and of tolerance. Once again in this region religion and politics came into conflict yet this time it was not some provincial revolt that was sparked off but the thirty years war. The lord of the castle now was williams love art or of charm and calls him back he wrote his own chapter in history thanks to his marriage with the last tragic air he safeguarded his political career at a time when bohemia is aristocracy was attempting to topple the Catholic Habsburgs with patrick ism and protestantism. Love otto was one of the imperial regions who survived being thrown out a window at what can be palace in prague by the humean protestant leaders the message of this painting is that the true faith has emerged victorious and with it the house of hapsburg. Intel churches were built and monuments to the saints hewn in stone in the mid seventeenth century the last count a slave are to rule in the castle her name was not to ensure the lasting renown of the family through worldly splendor but to buy herself a place in heaven. So she gave money and land to the increasingly powerful jesuits who thus took over the town center step by step it was at this time that the citizens once again began to redesign their houses now the baroque style prevailed brilliant colors with the order of the day it was as if a competition for pride and status had been organized in and around the Market Square. If youve got an angel on your roof the knowledge on my window with stucco work if you go to blue facade ill paint mine yellow in the eighteenth century time intel began to pass more slowly it was as if the town of burned itself out with the place of the past this former Trading Center diminished in importance industrialization came but only on a small scale tell cremains design in the center and i could cultural on the periphery. Though serene and happy flooded by the side of his beloved wife katarina. In the castle chapel the clock remained standing at the end of the sixteenth century the settle for that seems like the rez you may have a way of life your book of a bright era in which god in the world word home together here. Youd think the lord and his wife were just taking an afternoon nap and the castle in the town along with them. Once upon a time in tel they were alkan ists and god fearing souls travelers and scientists coaches and merchants ideas came from italy copper engravers from outspoken textiles from flanders and perfumed loves from spain. Cosmopolitan and peaceful. Because even though the Market Square now echoes in the mornings to the noise made by schoolchildren even though women can be seen going home with their plastic shopping bags and even though cars now park in front of the arcades has still preserved something special. Depending on the light its a postcard size dolls house or a Majestic Theatre backdrop. Very much wrapped up in itself and its parts. Take it personally with the wonderful people and stories that make it so special. For all. Following along. The banks. D w. Place happens every winter. Games sold out opera houses and concert halls. Everyone knows it can eat. But no one knows how to stop it playing that concert cost the chronic distraction. Sixty minutes for d w. W media center. 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