On the last day of my stay in Moravia I had only a few hours left before my return trip to Amsterdam was due. Those hours proved to be well spent in Trebic, a small town about an hour west of Brno. Like Ian Cade (see review below) already noticed, the attractions of Trebic are very well signposted. Because of its compact size, it's also an easy place to go around on foot.

First I headed to the St. Procopius Basilica. The interior of the Basilica (and the nearby museum) was closed because it was Monday. So I just had a quick glance. The WHS nomination document supplied by the Czech authorities calls its architecture 'bizarre'. 'Eclectic' would be my description. The best overall view of the church can be had from the first bridge that connects the Trebic city center with the quarters on the north side of the river.

The (former) Jewish Quarter is located at the foot of the Basilica. The different parts of the Jewish community (synagogues, school, town hall, houses) all are clearly marked and have found new purposes. It's the relatively peaceful coexistence between Christians and Jews until WWII that has gotten this site a place on the WH list. In that way, it's more of a tribute to urban continuity than to a specific architecture of a certain era. Many of the buildings in this quarter have been (partly) rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries.