Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(Žižkovo náměstí )
Žižkovo náměstí is Tabor's handsome main square. On every side
it's lined with late-Gothic, Renaissance and baroque houses, and in the middle is a
fountain
(1567) with a statue of the Hussite commander Jan Žižka (see boxed text
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) after whom the square is named. The two stone tables nearby were
probably used by the Hussites for religious services.
MMUSSEUUM
HUSSITE MUSEUM
concession 60/40Kč; 9am-5pm daily Apr-Oct, Wed-Sat Nov-Mar)
Situated in Tábor's
museum traces the origins and history of the Hussite movement in the Czech Repub-
UNDER
UNDERGGROUND
UND
UNDERGROUND PASSAGES
40Kč; 8.30am-5pm daily Apr-Oct, Mon-Fri Nov-Mar)
At the former Town Hall (now the
Hussite Museum), you'll find the entrance to a fascinating 650m stretch of under-
ground passageways, which you can visit by guided tour only. The passages, con-
structed in the 15th century as refuges during fires and times of war, were also used to
store food and to mature beer.
CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
CHUR
CHURCH, T
CH, TOWER
WER
OF OUR LORD ON MT TÁBOR
(kostel Proměnění Páně na hoře Tábor; Žižkovo náměstí; tower adult/concession 40/30Kč;
tower 10am-5pm Apr-Aug, Sat & Sun only Sep & Oct)
On the square's northern side is the
Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mt Tábor, built between 1440 and 1512
and known for its stone vaulting and neo-Gothic altar. Its
tower
is open (weather de-
pendent) for a sweeping view of Tábor.
TOWER
WER
KOTNOV TOWER
8.30am-5pm Apr-Sep)
Kotnov castle, founded here in the 12th century, was destroyed
by fire in 1532: in the 17th century the ruins were transformed into a brewery. The
remnant 15th-century Kotnov Tower can be climbed from the Bechyně Gate for a
broad view of Tábor and the Lužnice River.
