Milevsko - South Bohemia
N 49° 27.022 E 014° 21.542
33U E 453542 N 5477720
The depicted, by sgraffiti richly decorated Neo-Renaissance building of the town hall, is the seat of Milevsko municipal office.
Waymark Code: WMJHC4
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/19/2013
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The depicted, by sgraffiti richly decorated Neo-Renaissance building of the town hall, is the seat of Milevsko municipal office.
Present town hall, built in 1900-1901 at the site of medieval town hall destroyed by fire, is located at Milevsko principal public space - E. Beneš Square (Námestí E. Beneše). The sgraffiti are work of Oldrich Pejša from 1936.
Milevsko is a small town in the South Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, situated 25 km north-east of district town Písek. Milevsko has 9 528 inhabitants. The town was built on the crossroads of two merchants paths in 12th century. The first written mention about Milevsko is from 1184 and it is about a nobleman Jirí of Milevsko. Three years later a Premonstratensian monastery was built. The following years were the time of prosperity and the monastery was early one of the richest monasteries in the Bohemian Kingdom. In the 17th and 18th century the town was struck by the Black Death.