Even after living in this beautiful town for couple of years (3 this October), i know that there's many things is till don't know. So yesterday i went to walk organized by BEC. What i liked most about it is that it was focused not on buildings, but on Brno history and people. I loved this town from the beginning and now i think i know more why. The town's history is quite similar to my hometowns, just people resisted a big more. While we were occupied and killed by Russians, Czechs (Czechoslovaks at the time) simply kicked out occupants Germans (apparently some feels guilty about it which seems weird to me).
There's many great people related with Brno one way or another. Mozart visited there and has dedicated statue in Zelny trh (kids body with mature guy's head and one wing, representing being semi-divine) next to Reduta theater which apparently housed first opera outside Italy. Next to Petrov there's statue dedicated to Cyril and Metodius (i was surprised that they were originally from Greece, somehow i always thought that they were from around Bulgaria, but well, good to learn something new). I also learned how unappreciated Mendel was - not taken seriously when he went ahead of his time but now random institutions fighting about his inheritance. And what was really new to me is that 'shitting green thing with the brick' statue in Moravske namesti apparently supposed to symbolize justice (well, based on my experience and education as lawyer there's no justice, just shit, so maybe statue makes sense). Pool is supposed to represent temporal things (again, interesting to say at least). And map is prudence. Guess that that's not for me to judge but these interpretation is maybe related with Czech identity and understanding of art.
I am really proud to live in this city which has such interesting history and heritage and apparently is very good for brain as it produced so many smart and great people ( :) ). Going to research more, definitely.
