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Town Blovice - official pages
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BLOVICE

and Surrounding Areas

The town of Blovice is situated in a picturesque valley near the Uslava river. It was originally the property of the nearby Cistercian Monastery. Numerous archaeological findings indicate that this place has been settled since the Stone Ages. Elevated habitation, such as a variety of rock formations in Bzi, Velky Kamen by Srby. Vlkov in Kamensko forest and Polanka still exist from the late Stone Ages. The oldest written mention of Blovice was recorded in 1284: but the turning point in its history occurred at the beginning of the l5th century. At that time. a large meeting of people took place on Bzi, a nearby hill. This meeting was led by Vaclav Koranda senior. Apparently, the Cistercian Monastery was burned down and heathen feudal lords became the keepers of Blovice in 1420. The present St. Jan Evangelista Baroque Church was built during their influence between 1760 and 1767. It was situated on the former location of a Gothic church. In the 19th century, Hradiste castle, with its surrounding English park, came into existence where there was once a fortified settlement. In 1873. the castle was rebuilt in a pseudo-Gothic style. A group of beautiful Baroque sculptures surround St. Kriz (St. Cross), situated on the hill-top above the Uslava river and the statue of St.Jan Nepomucky from 1707 belong among the most significant sculptures in the town. It is also interesting to mention the National History Museum which was established by Frantisek Rausar in 1913. He was the director of public and council schools in Blovice. Today, the museum's collection consists of archaeological, ethnographical, applied-art, literary, historical and art work. Products from the glass works in Nove Mitrovice, wooden toys from Skasov and works of art made by local artists belong among the valuable district collections. Blovice is also the birth place of renowned journalist and correspondent for the English newspaper The Times, Adolf Opper de Blowitz, the artist Jaroslav Safarik -Safara and the academic sculptor Vaclav Zalud. The dean and poet F.J.Vacek - Kamenicky, the teacher and poet V.M.Vejskrab Belohrobský and the academic artist Josef Matejka also worked in Blovice. Visitors to Blovice are able to see attractive historical buildings in the neighborhood. The ruins of the Gothic Castle Vlctejn is one of them. The ruins are connected with many legends and tales from the time of the Thirty Years' War and the Hussite period. In 1450, a peace treaty between Strakonice and Podebrady (represented by Jiri of Podebrad) was signed here. The distinguished writer Krystof Harant ofzdruzic stayed at the castle before the Thirty Years' War began. Numerous newly repaired churches in Zdar, Zdemyslice, Zakava and Nezvestice are worth visiting, particularly the one in Zdar. It is surrounded by a cemetery and its interior is decorated with frescos illustrating St. Vaclav's (St. Wenceslas') life from the middle of the 14th century. It belongs to an idyllic corner of the Blovice region. If we follow the wooden paths from Zdirec and Mecholupy, we come to the nature preserve, Chejlava, home to a variety of forest vegetation, with an area of 25.9 hectares.