The majestic stone mansion has stood on a rocky promontory above the Sázava River for almost 780 years. Within its walls there have been 20 generations of the Sternberg family. During the tour, visitors will learn about the stories of the last owners and their way of life. The southern bastion of the castle, called the "hunger room", which was part of an elaborate fortification system, is also accessible.
The monastery was founded in 1032 by Prince Oldřich and hermit Prokop. Under the administration of the National Institute of Natural History in Prague, you can go on a sightseeing tour of Svatoprokopská Sázava. The pilgrimage site of St. Prokop under the administration of the Roman Catholic parish offers a tour of the Czech patron saint St. Prokop.
In 1720 František Adam Trauttmansdorff commissioned the well-known Czech architect F. M. Kaňka to build a castle that would correspond to his position as a leading nobleman. The castle is a typical noble residence of the High Baroque period and its decoration was done by leading artists such as M. B. Braun, V. V. Reiner or F. A. Scheffler.
It was founded as a Gothic fortress in the style of French castles at the end of the 13th century, probably by Bishop Tobias of Benešov. Konopiště was turned into a Baroque residence in the 18th century by the Vrtba family. Franz Ferdinand d'Este, who bought the castle in 1887, rebuilt Konopiště into a magnificent imperial residence.
The Průhonice Chateau together with the 250 ha Průhonice Park is a National Cultural Monument and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Visitors to the castle can choose from two tours. The small tour includes the chateau interiors and the large tour also includes the chateau chapel and the climb to the chateau tower. Around the castle there is a beautiful park. In the castle moat there is a fun and educational trail of the knight Milota Kolowrat, styled in the spirit of the education of young knights. Children can try their hand at archery, axe throwing and totem climbing.
The Art Nouveau house No. 74 was built in 1904-5 according to the project of Marcel Dusil by the District Credit Union in Benešov. In 1992, an exposition dedicated to the history of the town and its surroundings, artistic monuments of the region and artists who worked here was opened to the public. Ethnography is an interesting feature. It presents mainly folk clothing and textiles, furniture, underpaintings on glass and folk sculpture.
The museum is housed in a historic building called "Coin" in the lower part of the Jihlava square. The Gothic house served as a mining office until 1420, where the royal minster collected taxes in gold from miners and also bought gold for the needs of the monarch.
Between the villages of Krhanice and Lešany near Týnec nad Sázavou, the exposition of the Military Technical Museum of the Military Historical Institute Prague has been located in the area of the former artillery barracks since 1996. The collections are presented to the general public in nine halls, under six shelters and in the open air.
In the museum there is a rare exposition of stoneware from Tyniec. There is a lookout tower in the prismatic Gothic tower, which is the summer residence of the protected big bat.
Říčany Castle is one of the most important buildings of the Czech castle architecture of the time of the last Přemyslids. It was built at a time when half-timbered noble castles were being replaced by more robust Gothic castles and is therefore an example of the oldest stone castles in the Czech Republic.