Modrá

Modrá is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Uherské Hradiště and 22 km (14 mi) southwest of Zlín. It lies mostly in the Chřiby highlands, only the southernmost part of the municipal territory extends into the Kyjov Hills. The highest point is at 297 m (974 ft) above sea level. The built-up area lies in the valley of the brook Modřanský potok.

The territory of today's municipality has been inhabited since time immemorial. Archaeological finds testify to the human presence in about 5,000 BC. The present village was part of Velehrad until 1786, when it became separate.^[2]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

In Modrá is an archaeological site with excavations from the Great Moravian period. The findings are presented in Modrá Archeoskanzen, which is an archaeological open-air museum with replicas of the Great Moravia period buildings.^[5] The archaeological site, which is called Díl u Božího syna, is protected as a national cultural monument (as part of the "set of monuments of the Great Moravian residential agglomeration in Staré Město – Uherské Hradiště – Modrá").^[6]

Živá voda Modrá is an outdoor exposition of Moravian wetlands biotop, containing indoor section with underwater glass tunnel showing freshwater fish in the outdoor pond. The outside exposition has various wetlands flora native to the region. Part of the exposition is an enclosure of aurochs, originating from Milovice Nature Reserve.^[7]

Modrá is twinned with:^[8]

• Bojná, Slovakia
• Modra nad Cirochou, Slovakia
• Uhrovec, Slovakia