The Malý Blaník Hill lives in the shadow of its bigger brother – the Velký Blaník Hill. Rocks at its peak are made of gneiss, a metamorphic rock with a foliated texture. Due to their specific character the rocks resemble abandoned workshops of medieval stonemasons or collapsed city walls. The ruins of the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalena rest in the majestic silence of the sleeping nature below the peak of Malý Blaník. It was built back in 1753, but it was abolished shortly afterwards upon the orders of Emperor Joseph II in 1781. Wasting the human work and effort, the chapel was left derelict and merged gradually with the surrounding forest. A huge spruce called Velký Mnich (Big Monk) grows in the middle of the forest. Malý Blaník, looming above the village of Louňovice, is crowned by a green cap of beech trees in the summer. There is not a lot of space for forest plants in the green shade beneath the ancient oak trees; small seedlings do not thrive here either, for in addition to the stony soil they are also damaged by numerous mouflon and deer.