LOOKOUT TOWERS

4 km from the town of Neveklov, at the altitude of 536 m you may find a concrete view tower with the height of 12m. You can get to the view platform after ascending 48 stairs. This view tower was built as a monument of the subjects´ revolt on the Konopiště manor in 1627, which was bloodily suppressed.

The wooden lookout tower erected on the Great Blanik, at the altitude of 638 metres above sea level, is 29.5 metres high. The tower was built between 1939 and 1941, upon an order from the Czech Tourist Club.

Týnec nad Sázavou has a very long history. Its name itself indicates that at the place where the Týnec Castle is located these days – on a high cliff above the river – there was a fortified settlement in the ancient times, the so-called Týnec (“enclosure” or “fortification” was “Týn” or “Týnec” in old Czech). There is a probable connection between the settlement and an old trade route leading from southern Bohemia through the town of Sázava and along the Kostelec Castle to Prague.

The tourists may find the telecommunication tower offering a view to the countryside  since 2006 on the Pepř (Pepper) hill about 1 km from a small town of Jílové u Prahy. It is a Vodafone and T-Mobile construction with a view platform.