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Czechia landmarks quiz: guess where 11 photos were taken

Czechia in 11 photographs, each pinned to the map with a line of context. Five are dealt per round.

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Quick round · 5 photos

A photo, then the map. Five rounds from Czechia, scored by how far off your pin lands.

Where they are

11 on the map
Hover or tap a dot to name the place.

All 11 places

by id
Český Krumlov, Czechia
Český Krumlovhard

A Bohemian town curled inside a tight bend of the Vltava river.

Photo: Jakub Hałun / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Charles Bridge, Prague, Czechia
Charles Bridge, Pragueeasy

A statue-lined medieval stone bridge over the Vltava.

Photo: DXR / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kroměříž Castle, Czech Republic
Kroměříž Castlehard

A baroque archbishops' palace with gardens that appeared in the film Amadeus.

Photo: VitVit / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Karlštejn Castle, Czech Republic
Karlštejn Castlemedium

A Gothic castle built by Charles IV to guard the crown jewels of Bohemia.

Photo: Jürgen Regel, Marian… / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Karlovy Varyhard

A Bohemian spa town of colonnades and hot springs in a wooded valley.

Photo: rboed* / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Plzeň, Czech Republic
Plzeňmedium

The city where Pilsner beer was invented in 1842.

Photo: Евгений Благодарный / CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Villa Tugendhat, Czech Republic
Villa Tugendhatmedium

A 1930 glass-walled modernist villa by Mies van der Rohe.

Photo: Thomas Ledl / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
Sedlec Ossuaryhard

A chapel decorated with the bones of some 40,000 people, including a bone chandelier.

Photo: H2k4 / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Konopiště Castle, Czech Republic
Konopiště Castlehard

The hunting-trophy castle of Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination started WWI.

Photo: Ввласенко / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, Czech Republic
Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomukhard

A star-shaped baroque pilgrimage church built around the number five.

Photo: Aqalexor / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Holašovice, Czech Republic
Holašovicemedium

A Bohemian village of gabled farmhouses in 'folk baroque' style.

Photo: Pavel Vlček / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to place them

340 km of longitude: Karlovy Vary at one end of Czechia's 11 places, Kroměříž Castle at the other. Charles Bridge, Prague, Karlštejn Castle and Konopiště Castle are neighbours near the middle; 45 km covers the lot.

Half or more of Czechia is hard going: Český Krumlov, Kroměříž Castle and Karlovy Vary and three others. Relief comes from Charles Bridge, Prague, rated easy. Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk is a star-shaped baroque pilgrimage church built around the number five.

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Questions & answers

How many places in Czechia are in the game?

11 places. Karlovy Vary is the top of the map and Český Krumlov the bottom.

Which photo from Czechia is the hardest?

Český Krumlov, Kroměříž Castle and Karlovy Vary, with three others. Rated hard, so 451 km past the radius leaves 2,500 of the 5,000.

Which one is easiest to score full points on?

Český Krumlov, which forgives 70 km in every direction before a single point is lost.

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