Labyrinth under Vegetable Market, Brno
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Labyrinth under Vegetable Market is a system of underground corridors and cellars, located in the historical centre of the City of Brno
, in the Czech Republic
. The underground lies beneath one of oldest squares in the city, and originally served for food keeping, beer brewing, maturing of wine in barrels, and other things. Some cellars were founded in the middle ages
but most of them dates back to the baroque
era. The cellars were not all connected together until 2009 when they underwent a major reconstruction, and since 2011 they are opened public. The biggest cellar is almost 23 metres (75.5 ft) long and its height varies from 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) to 4 metres (13.1 ft), and the deepest cellar is 13 metres (42.7 ft) under the surface.
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. The underground lies beneath one of oldest squares in the city, and originally served for food keeping, beer brewing, maturing of wine in barrels, and other things. Some cellars were founded in the middle ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
but most of them dates back to the baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
era. The cellars were not all connected together until 2009 when they underwent a major reconstruction, and since 2011 they are opened public. The biggest cellar is almost 23 metres (75.5 ft) long and its height varies from 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) to 4 metres (13.1 ft), and the deepest cellar is 13 metres (42.7 ft) under the surface.