Světí: Hotels and Accommodation

The Church of St. Andrew in Světí has been protected as an immovable cultural monument since 3 May 1958. The oriented single-nave building has a rectangular nave, a narrower presbytery with a semicircular end, and a prismatic west tower.

Culture

The medieval and modern centre of Světí is designated “13-22-17/31 Světí – středověké a novověké jádro obce I”.

In 1902, Silesian settlement pits were discovered in the garden of house no. 6 in Světí. People were already living in Světí during the Late Bronze Age; settlement pits have survived from that period.

The Chapel of the Holy Family stands near the hamlet of Zavadilka. It depicts the return of the Holy Family from Egypt to their homeland; according to the inscription, it was built in 1845 by Josef and Anna Slívkovi.

Nature

The Rybník Mlýnek pond lies south of Světí on the Melounka stream. It is associated with a former manorial mill; according to local tradition, the pond may have been created in the second half of the 17th century in connection with the construction of this mill.

The “Life in Water, Forest and Field” educational trail comprises five information stations, three of which are additionally equipped with benches. It was ceremonially opened on 27 September 2014 in the Na Panně area of Světí. An insect hotel was installed near its final information board.

History

Světí lies within the landscape heritage zone “Areál bojiště bitvy u Hradce Králové”. It was designated by Decree No. 208/1996 Coll. of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic dated 1 July 1996.

Světí is one of the ten municipalities in the microregion of the municipalities of the 1866 heritage zone. These municipalities were the most severely affected by the decisive battle of the War of 1866.

More local pages: Lodín, Radíkovice, Kratonohy, Zábědov, Hrádek, Hněvčeves, Těchlovice

For the higher-level travel overview: Hradec Králové District.

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