Holiday apartment in Cetechovice: Hiking, Marble and Castle

Cetechovice lies in the heart of the Chřiby Mountains. Rising above the village is Mount Brdo, at 587 metres; also above the village is Studýnka Panny Marie, a spring on the western slope of Mount Pláňava. Below this spring lies the natural formation known as Mořské oko.

Nature

A path runs along the ridge of the surrounding Chřiby Mountains, separating the Cetechovice Forest from the Buchlov Forest. The landscape also includes the Gavendova skála rock formation: it is rugged, very steep in places and dangerous. Near Mramůrka, about 800 metres southeast of Cetechovice, a piece of Jurassic seabed from around 120 million years ago can be found in the form of limestone transformed into marble.

Hiking

The “From Cetechovice via Vlčák to Gavendova skála” route begins in Cetechovice and follows a blue-marked hiking trail. A side path leads to the Pod Mramůrkou forest spring, where simple wooden seats have been installed. Mramůrka can also be reached on foot via a blue-marked tourist route covering approximately 1 km.

Culture

The local Mramůrka rock is associated with the former extraction of marble in Cetechovice. Three former marble quarries are located nearby, at the foot of the 561-metre-high Mount Vlčák southeast of Cetechovice. Marble from Cetechovice was used for the portals and all door surrounds at Kroměříž Castle; it was also used for several altars in Olomouc Cathedral and the Church of St. James in Brno.

Cetechovice is home to the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, a late medieval church that was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries. It contains a gravestone for Jan Kokorský z Kokor, who died in 1559. The centre of the village also features a stone crucifix dating from 1753. On the village square near the castle stands a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk dating from around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Baroque Cetechovice Château was built between 1731 and 1738 on the site of a Renaissance fortress. Its layout comprises four wings around an irregular courtyard and a mansard roof. At the same time, it is a simple rectangular Baroque building with a small courtyard and a monumental portal.

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