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At the territory of the Golden Hill (Voluntary cluster of municipalities of district Písek and Strakonice of which the municipalities Dobev, Drahonice, Heřmaň, Kestřany, Putim, Ražice, Skály and their colonies are the members) you can visit a lot of touristic interesting and important places. Some of them are presented by this leaflet.

Manor in Drahonice

The manor in Drahonice was the original property of Adam, the prince of Schwarzenberg. Before, it was a fortress, the siege of magnates from Drahonice. The oldest chronicle of Drahonice states: In Drahonice, the strong fortress used to be, mentioned below, of which the strong tower with deep cellar is preserved, today serving as the storage of prince´s beer from Protivín. Near the tower there is a castle with front to the village green. Before it used to be linked to the tower by the underground corridor and thus created the good fortification.

Battle field near Sudoměř

The memorable battle field is situated approx. 3 km from the municipality Ražice, tightly behind the frontier of the Golden Hill. The battle of Sudoměř, held on the 25th March 1420, was the first important military battle of Hussite wars. The Hussites were persecuted by the royal soldiers and stopped on the dike between the full and empty pond. The royal soldiers tried to reach them through the empty pond but the mud ground sank under the soldiers with heavy equipment. The lightweight Hussites easily overcame them. The royal troops of 2000 riding hoplites were knockout by the Hussites who were only 400. In memory of this famous victory the monument, 16m high, was built here by the sculptor Emanuel J. Kodet in 1925.

Skály – protected zone Budičovice

In Budičovice, the valuable closed ensemble of buildings is situated, it if from the 19th century and partially from the beginning of 20th century and is declared as the village protected zone (declared on the 22nd September 1995). The agricultural buildings are well conserved. It is a typical south-bohemian rustic baroque with village chapel.

Outlook tower at Velký Kamýk

Between the villages Dobev and Velké Nepodřice you can step up to the outlook tower with 165 steps, 531 m above the sea level. The pole is 65m high and you can admire the beauty of surroundings at the height of 31 m. You can see the tops of Šumava.
The combined telecommunication tower with outlook platform was built in 2002. The originality of tower at Velký Kamýk was appreciated by the Honour award” at the event of the Best realized steel construction of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic of the period 2000 – 2003 in the category of Bridges, towers and poles.

Chapel and village chapels

Together with Calvary columns you can find 40 of them at the territory of the Golden Hill. Among all we mention the early baroque baldachin chapel of St. Cross near Kestřany from the end of the 17th century that was build, as the legend says, by a French officer to thank for his life saving under the lingerie by local washerwomen when the imperial soldiers was looking for him. We recommend the book of Karel Skalický Chapels, village chapels and Calvary columns of Pootaví” for all interested in minor religious buildings.