Commemorative events for one of Napoleon’s largest and most famous battles, which took place on December 2, 1805 in the vicinity of Austerlitz and which changed the face of Europe, have been one of the most attended events of its kind in Europe for years.
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After all, under the Santon hill near Tvarožná, where up to two and a half thousand uniformed soldiers always perform one of the specific combat parts of the battle of Austerlitz, thousands of spectators come every year. This year, however, the famous military leader and all the others were defeated by an invisible enemy. Coronavirus.
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Reminder of the Battle of Austerlitz
Photo: Miroslav Homola, Law
“1,500 soldiers in the field were to take care of the demonstration this year. Unfortunately, the arrangement was impossible, which everyone understood. We hope that the commemorative events will be all the bigger and more dignified next year, when he will remember two hundred years after Napoleon’s death. He will take part in the demonstration in 2021, if everything is in order 2,500 men, which is the amount that is usual on important anniversaries, “said Miroslav Jandora, who is in the Austerlitz Project, which has been organizing commemorative events, including the battle, for thirty years.
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“American actor Mark Schneider, who is the best representative of Napoleon in recent years in the world, is looking forward to ‘his’ men. After all, he confirmed this to us on Saturday morning by video bridge, when he greeted the few dozen uniformed people who set out from Santon on a reverential march of about ten kilometers through muddy roads to the Mound of Peace. But we did not address any of the participants, it was their spontaneous will, “added Jandora.
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The organizers want to make up for this year next year.
Photo: Miroslav Homola, Law
As he added, he is glad that the region, which takes the main sponsorship of the events year after year, also met the organizers this year and the event subsidy will be moved to 2021. “The South Moravian Region considers the topic of Napoleonic battles a significant international phenomenon and is interested in implementation of events next year. We have decided to keep this year’s subsidies for the implementation of these events to all those who participate in them for next year. I hope that by then the situation around coronavirus will improve so much that they will take place in full, “said the South Moravian governor Jan Grolich (KDU – ČSL). This year, the region distributed approximately 3.7 million crowns to the eight organizers for the battle of Austerlitz.
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