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• Košumberk - castle ruins and chateau
  The castle is first mentioned in 1318 and following a fire in 1573 was rebuilt in the Renaissance style. In the second half of the 16th century a Czech Brotherhood school was founded at Košumberk to educate young Protestant nobles (later including, among others, the famous warrior Albrecht of Waldstein). In 1684 Košumberk passed into the ownership of the Jesuit college in Hradec Králové, which established its residence next to the pilgrimage church. After the abolishment of the Jesuit Order the...
  Telephone: 469672191, 469671101
  Address: Košumberk 1, 538 54, Luže
  
• Nasavrky - museum and chateau
  A fortress built in the 10th and 11th centuries; around 1600 it was rebuilt as a Renaissance chateau. The façade of the chateau features sgraffito, and the interior holds a beautiful vaulted entrance hall. Located on the ground floor today are an information centre and ceremonial hall; the first floor houses a museum and gallery.
  Telephone: 469677566, 469677555
  Address: Náměstí 1, 538 25, Nasavrky
  
• Boiika - wooden lookout tower
  A 14.5 metre high wooden observation tower with an outlook platform at the height of 11 metres (32 stairs) offering panoramic views of the Krkonoše Mts., the Orlické Mts., the Králický Sněžník massif, the Jeseníky Mts., as well as Chrudim, Pardubice with Mt. Kunětická, and Hradec Králové.
  Telephone: 469677566
  Address: 53825, České Lhotice
  
• Lichnice (Lichtenburk) - castle ruins
  The founding of the castle dates to 1261; in 1410 the castle acquired royal status. In 1610 Lichnice burned down, in 1646 it was captured by the Swedes, and following the Thirty Years War the castle was demolished on orders from Ferdinand III. The castle ruins and a small exhibition regarding its history and owners are the last monuments recalling the former significance of the Lichtenberg family residence. The tower offers a beautiful view of the surrounding area.
  Telephone: 724179933, 469611135
  Address: 53843, Třemošnice
  
• Lookout tower Bára on Čertova rock
  Viewing tower in the shape of an original triangular pyramid by architect Martin Rajniš, which is made from planks stacked on top of one another so that they hold together with their own weight.
  Telephone: 469645235
  Address: 53701, Chrudim
  
• Collection of rustic structures in Vysočina - Hlinsko-Betlém
  The extraordinary collection of mainly timber homes dates to the second half of the 18th century.
  Telephone: 469311429, 469326415
  Address: Betlém - Příčná ul. 350, 539 01, Hlinsko v Čechách
  
• Collection of rustic structures in Vysočina - Veselý Kopec
  Timber settlements are freely scattered in the original countryside and were brought here from the area of Žďárské vrchy and Železné hory.
  Telephone: 469326415, 469333175
  Address: Veselý kopec
  
• Závratec - lime works
  The lime works previously served to process raw materials mined in nearby Prachovnice, from where they were transported by an approximately 5 km long basket cableway. Following the Second World War production began to stagnate and was terminated for good in 1960.
  Telephone: 469611135, 461105405
  Address: 538 43, Závratec-Třemošnice
  
• Ležáky - pious site
  Memorial of the massacre on 24. 6. 1942, when Nazis obliterated the town of Ležáky. Its inhabitants were executed, when Germans uncovered the secret radio transmitter Libuše belonging to the paratroopers who were to assassinate Reinhardt Heydrich.
  Telephone: 469344179, 739377358
  Address:
  
• Chrast - town museum, chateau
  Following the Thirty Years War the Renaissance chateau served as the summer residence of the Hradec Králové bishops. The adapted chateau courtyard and the museum concert hall (the former chateau chapel with original paintings) serve for concert performances. The Roman Hall and Chinese Room with paintings by Antonín Machek in the Town Office are used for weddings and ceremonial occasions. The chateau includes gardens that were changed into a park in 1903 by architect Thomayer of Prague. Preserved...
  Telephone: 469667194
  Address: Náměstí 1 - Zámek, 538 51, Chrast u Chrudimě
  
• Heřmanův Městec - Jewish ghetto, synagogue
  The ghetto was established in the second half of the 17th century, the Jewish settlement dates back to the 15th century. The synagogue from the first half of the 18th century was in 1870 rebuilt in Neo-Romanesque style.
  Telephone: 469660340
  Address: 53803, Heřmanův Městec
  
• Slatiňany - chateau and museum
  A Renaissance Gothic Revival chateau has a unique hippological museum. It borders on a stud farm and paddocks in the castle park. Throughout the whole year you can see Převalsky horses, Starokladruby horses and saddle horses here.
  Telephone: 469681112, 725847258
  Address: 53821, Slatiňany
  
• Chrudim - town monument zone
  Address: Chrudim
  
• Oheb - castle ruins
  
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• Polom - nature preserve
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• Rychmburk - castle and home for the mentally ill
  Castle in the Gothic style that remained on a gneissic rise around 1325 and belonged to Tas of Rychmburk. One of its owners was Smil Flaška of Pardubice and Rychmburk in the 15th century. In 1425, the castle was seized by Hussites, in the 1st half of the 16th century Jindřich Šťastný of Valdštejn had it turned into a Late Gothic palace, afterwards Kinský had it renovated in the Baroque style in 1793 - 1798. It has been used as a retirement home since 1955.
  Telephone: 469350438
  Address: 539 74, Předhradí 17
  
• Vojtěchov observation tower
  The erection of the observation tower was launched in 2008 on the hill referred to as Na Hrbovatkach, at an altitude of 589.9 m above sea level. The structure is formed by a metal structure, which is clad in concrete and stone up to the height of two storeys. The total height of the observation tower is 16.35 m, the last viewing terrace is at a height of 11.7 m and 59 steps lead to it.
  Telephone: 721609957
  Address: 539 01, Vojtěchov
  
• Zuberský kopec - iron lookout tower
  In 2004 a 55 metre steel communication tower with wooden facing in the lower part was opened to the public southwest of Trhová Kamenice. This observation tower became a distinct dominant feature of the Železné Mts., which are easily visible from the tower’s observation deck located at the height of 38 metres (182 stairs). Under good visibility it is possible to see the Krkonoše Mts., the Orlické Mts., and the Bohemia-Moravian Highlands.
  Telephone: 469333101
  Address: Zubří, 53952, Trhová Kamenice
  
• Karlštejn - small chateau
  The rococo hunting castle was built in 1766 – 1776. Until 1925 it was surrounded by a deer game-park. Today the castle serves as a recreational centre.
  Address: 539 42, Svratouch
  
• Rychtář Brewery
  
  Telephone: 469311471
  Address: Resslova 260, 539 01, Hlinsko v Čechách
  
• - town monument zone
  Address: Skuteč - Předhradí
  
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