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Folk architecture in Sobotka

Nowhere in the region will you find as many typical wooden structures as in the Sobotka area.

Fráňa Šrámek`s Birthplace

To honour the memory of Fráňa Šrámek, poet and a native of Sobotka, in 1958, an exposition was installed in the house where he was born.

Humprecht Chateau

The Humprecht Chateau was built in the 1666-68 period to an order by Jan Humprecht Černín of Chudenice; the design comes from a famous architect named Carlo Lugaro.

Church of Mary Magdalene, Sobotka

The dean\\\\\'s Church of Mary Magdalene was built on the site of an older wooden shrine in the years 1590-1596. The original wooden parish church stood in Sobotka already in the 14th century. In the years 1590-96, the new Church of Mary Magdalene was built in its place in the Late Gothic style. The construction was financed by the owner of the estate, Oldřich Felix of Lobkovice, who gave the church a silver Late Gothic monstrance and an illuminated gradual, a richly decorated book of liturgical songs.

Parmiggiani sculpture in Sobotka

The house below the Moon - La cassa sotto la luna - was opened in 1991. It crowned the works of Italian artist Claudio Parmiggiani.

Šolcův Statek Farmhouse

The best-known building in Sobotka, built in 1811, now used as a gallery.

Vesec u Sobotky Village Monument Reserve

The village was declared a rural monument reserve of folk architecture in 1995. The reason is the unique, well-preserved Czech village of radial development - a set of 18 , mostly timbered houses - various types of farmstead.