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PARDUBITZ (Czech, Pardubic)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARDUBITZ (Czech, Pardubic)  , a
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town of Bohemia, Austria, 65 m . E. of Prague by
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rail . Pop . (19oo), 17,029, mostly Czech . The most interesting buildings are the old fortified chateau of the 16th century, with its
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Gothic
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chapel restored in 188o; the church of St Bartholomew, dating in its
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present form from 1538; the new town hall (1894); the Grtines Tor, also built in 1538; and the handsome new synagogue . Pardubitz has a tolerably active trade in grain and
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timber, and the horse-fairs attract numerous customers .

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