More than 150 students and academic staff from ENGEES – the prestigious French National School for Water and Environmental Engineering in Strasbourg – visited Ostrava’s New City Hall. In the grand assembly hall, they engaged in a discussion on environmental topics with Mayor Jan Dohnal.
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Ostrava has been systematically launching the "Program for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments and Significant Urban Buildings" since 2009. Through this program, it supports the restoration of monuments as well as significant sacred and architecturally interesting structures in the city.
This year, Ostrava commemorates 100 years since the first charitable collection held at the Christmas Tree of the Republic. The origins of this tradition in Czechoslovakia date back to 1919.