U Bechyne na kopecku - Bechyne, Czech Republic
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N 49° 17.902 E 014° 28.699
33U E 462071 N 5460755
U Bechyne na kopecku is Czech folk song about Borovany town
Waymark Code: WMWRND
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/07/2017
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The town of Bechyne is situated in the picturesque countryside over the river Lužnice. In the past it belonged to the oldest administrative centres and included a considerable part of South Bohemia with the residence of the archdeanconry as early as at the beginning of the Middle Ages. The Bechyne owner`s coat-of-arms reminds you of the old symbol of South Bohemia - cinquefoil rose, the crest of Petr Vok - the last Rosenberg regent.
The most valuable architectural sights are the castle complex and the late Gothic monastery with its magnificent diamond vault. For more than two hundred years the town has been renowned for spa treatment, the production of traditional South-Bohemian ceramics and the oldest Czech ceramic school in this country.
Another notable sights is "The Bechyne rainbow" (
visit link) - the ferroconcrete bridge spanned over the deep valley of the river Lužnice. It is fifty metres high and was completed in 1928.