Decorated gables
Folk Baroque.
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Holašovice is a small historic village in South Bohemia, about 15 km west of the city of České Budějovice and 18 km north of Český Krumlov in a straight line. The Blanský Forest protected landscape area lies to the south. The village is first mentioned in 1263, and in 1292 King Wenceslas II gave it to the monastery of Vyšší Brod, which owned it until 1848. In the 20th century most of its houses were left empty and fell into disrepair, but this preserved its medieval layout and its farm buildings in the South Bohemian «Folk Baroque» style. Restored and resettled from 1990, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. Twenty-three farmsteads line a wide rectangular green, each facing it with a white or pastel gable decorated in raised plaster ornaments of curves, stars and circles. In the middle of the green are a small pond, a small chapel and shade trees, with open fields behind the houses. The village is small enough to see in under an hour, and it is lived in, so respect the residents' privacy. Country festivals are held here in summer, and it makes a good stop between České Budějovice and Český Krumlov.
Folk Baroque.
Pond and chapel.
South Bohemian countryside.
Holašovice, near České Budějovice, South Bohemia, Czechia
Under an hour.
Yes, so respect their privacy.