| |
| | The history of town |
 | | This last reconstruction was ordered by Dominik Ondrej of Kounic (1654-1705), an imperial envoy who, besides the Netherlands, Germany and England, lived for a while in Paris and got acquainted with the then new trends in art and architecture. |
 | | Both Napoleon's stay at the chateau, from December 3 to December 7, 1805, after the Battle of Austerlitz, and signing of the armistice between France and the Habsburk Monarchy on December 6, 1805, are documented at the chateau by special exhibitions. |
 | | Another important monument is the Classicist Church of the Lord's Resurrection, built between the years 1786-1789, according to the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Paris, by Austrian court architect Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg. |
| www.bond.cz /www/austerlitz/history.htm (1026 words) |
|