A lonely rock located at the edge of Hruboskalská plošina (the Hruboskalská Plateau), as if created as an observation point. We ascend to the top along stairs with railings, from whence there is a wonderful view on Turnov, Ještěd and also in the direction of Bezděz. The observation point is continuously open. Access along the...Read More
On the site of the original castle from the 14th century, built on a monumentally high cliff, stands the Hrubá Skála Chateau. Reconstruction of the castle changed it into a more comfortable noble Renaissance residence in the second half of the 16th century and in the middle of the 19th century it was again regothicised....Read More
A ruin of a castle from the Middle Ages (14th century) out of which a big tower has been preserved (diameter 9 meters). It is the dominant of the Vranovský ridge. There are also remnants of walls of the inner castle as well as those of rooms which were cut in the rock. In the course of the Hussite...Read More
A natural place of interest situated on the north-west margin of the Jičín basin. The rock town was created through eroding of the originally compact table of rectangulary shaped sandstones of the latest chalk period with characteristic basaltic places: Svinčice (415 meters), Velké Hůry (458 meters) and Přivýšiny (464 meters). It is a real paradise for rock climbers and tourists....Read More
Remnants of a castle of the Vartenberk family that was built in the 14th century on a steep basalt volcanic rock massif which is divided into two towers. The higher tetragonal one is called The Maiden and the lower and more robust one is named The Old Woman. The core of the castle was formed...Read More
This castle on a narrow and steep rock ridge is also called Skála and was built around the year 1425. The core of the castle is composed of a multi-storey palace surrounded on three sides by rock blocks. Legends and some Medieval depictions support the idea that there were windmills on the rocks. The...Read More
A distinctive basalt conical peak above the village of Sedličky, 600 m west of Valdice, a typical landmark of the Jičín Region. It’s southwest slope was damaged by quarrying. A chapel of St. Mary Magdalene from around 1700 with a painting of the saint on its top, the climb is difficult. From the chapel, there...Read More
A small castle built from 1666 -1668 on a basalt hill at Sobotka. It was built as an imitation of the Galata Tower in Istanbul with an elliptical floor plan. Černínský oval hall is noteworthy for its acoustics – in it, sound resonates with multiplied power. Wall paintings noting the life of Heřman and Humprecht...Read More
There is a Dlask´s farm – one of the most beautiful and most typical gems of half-timbered architecture in the region. The original building from 1716 was brought to the banks of Jizera river at the end of the 18th century to a site that has never been threatened by the almost regular flooding of...Read More
The ruins of a castle in the woods on the north edge of Hrubá Skála Rock Town 2,5 km south-southeast of Turnov. It was erected on three steep sandstone rocks connected by wooden bridges between 1260 and 1270 by Jaroslav of Hruštice, the founder of the family that later acquired its name Valdštein (Wallenstein) from...Read More
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