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Strážnice + Plže

Town Strážnice, famous especially for organizing international folklore festivals, will attract your attention at the very arrival with 2 huge renaissance gates. The centre of the town is protected zone where you can see dominant church from the 18th century or renaissance castle with interesting expositions. Not far from here you can find a vast park or romantic sycamore alley which you can enter through historical Black gate. You cannot miss renowned open-air museum with viniculture or crafts exhibitions. Less than 4 km far from Strážnice you can find a village Petrov with its area of wine cellars Plže. Some of the oldest buildings of popular architecture form this little area. In 1983 the area was declared village protected zone, the first one in the Czech Republic. The fronts of some wine cellars have simple but beautiful white and blue facade, other fronts are decorated by colourful ornaments.