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

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