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 | Hradec Kralové region is the second region of NUTS 2 Northeast, neighbouring on the Liberec Region to the west and the Pardubice Region to the south. |
 | Pilsen region is situated in the southwest of the Czech Republic. |
 | Usti region is situated in the northwest of the Czech Republic, along the border with Federal Republic of Germany. |
| PlzeĹ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (628 words) |
 | Liberation of Pilsen and Western Bohemia by the 3rd Army was essentially erased from history books by the former Czechoslovak communist regime and has only recently entered public consciousness again. |
 | PlzeĹ is famous for its Pilsener beer, named Pilsner Urquell and produced since 1842, and for the Ĺ koda Works engineering factory established by Emil Ĺ koda in 1859. |
 | The most prominent monuments are the Gothic church of St. Bartholomew, said to date from 1292, whose tower (100 m) is the highest in the Czech Republic, the Renaissance town hall dating from the 16th century, and the third largest synagogue in the world (after Jerusalem and Budapest). |