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A visit to the ancient and historical town of Most will leave you with the unshakeable conviction that the Communists responsible for the near-complete demolition of the ancient and historical town really ought to have been shot long ago. In the 1960s the whole old town, with the exception of its Gothic church, was demolished to make way for lignite mining. The town was rebuilt with modern methods and materials, utterly lacking in charm and sturdiness. The church was moved approx. 850 metres to the new town on rails, a process that took about 1 month.
By far the worst area around Most comes under the name Rudolice nad Bílinou, more commonly called Chánov, a collection of 13 panelaks (simply concrete construction kit houses) separated from the rest of the town by a major road and railway tracks. The inhabitants are the Roma, the structures built for them exclusively. Today these panelaks, still inhabited, are easily among the worst places to live in the Czech Republic. They lack gas and electricity, and usually windows too. Chánov has become a symbol of Roma ghettoisation in the country.
By far the worst area around Most comes under the name Rudolice nad Bílinou, more commonly called Chánov, a collection of 13 panelaks (simply concrete construction kit houses) separated from the rest of the town by a major road and railway tracks. The inhabitants are the Roma, the structures built for them exclusively. Today these panelaks, still inhabited, are easily among the worst places to live in the Czech Republic. They lack gas and electricity, and usually windows too. Chánov has become a symbol of Roma ghettoisation in the country.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°30'26"N 13°38'47"E
- Chomutov 20 km
- Karlovy Vary 65 km
- Příbram 92 km
- Cheb 103 km
- Plauen 111 km
- Klatovy 125 km
- Weiden in der Oberpfalz 143 km
- Pößneck 150 km
- Bayreuth 163 km
- Rudolstadt 167 km
- Liščí Vrch (Fox Hill) 1.7 km
- Benedikt lake (and in-line track) 2.1 km
- Golf Club Most 3.8 km
- Hipodrom 4 km
- Sedlec 5.3 km
- Pocerady Coal Power Plant 9 km
- Fly-ash dump 10 km
- Zatec military airport 15 km
- lignite mining 24 km
- Nechranice Valley Reservoir 26 km
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