Important information

Important dates related to the 16th ICS:

2nd CircularApril 2012
Start of RegistrationJuly 2012

Why history meets future?

  • The Moravian Karst near Brno is one of the most important places, where the world's modern speleology was born!
  • Brno is one of the most important historical places in Central Europe!

  • Year 2013 is a year of anniversaries:

  • 860th anniversary of establishing of the Brno City by Czech King Václav I. granting Royal Privileges (1243)
  • 290th anniversary of the first serious exploration in Moravian Karst (1723)
  • 60th anniversary of the first ICS in Paris (1953)
  • 40th anniversary of the last ICS in the Czech Republic (1973)
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