Borovany in the České Budějovice region opened a renovated former Augustinian monastery in July 2010. In addition to tours of the monastery buildings, cultural events are held in the interior or in the adjacent garden during the tourist season.
The castle is interesting thanks to the hermit chapel, which was built about 70 years after the castle's demise, and the shaft of unknown purpose, which contained a large tower. Today, the castle is used mainly for nature trips and unique views across the waters of the reservoir.
The museum's permanent exhibition presents visitors with the village life of our ancestors and traditional crafts in their historical and contemporary form. A significant part of the exhibition is devoted to emigration to America. Visitors can thus learn about the reasons for emigration, its course and the individual stories of the emigrants themselves.
You will find two gardens on our premises: the 20-year-old Anastasia demonstration nature garden of 6000m2 and the community garden of 3500m2 established in October 2016. You can see for yourself that the principles of nature and rain gardens that we apply here work not only for nature but also for people.
A two-storey circular neo-Gothic religious building in the shape of a regular octagon, with an advanced tower and a majestic double-sided staircase, surrounded by English parkland.
At the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, the castle surroundings became a place of rampage of a group of captors and opovědníci, including Matěj Vůdce and Jan Žižka of Trocnov. The latter, among others, killed an unknown member of the Rosenberg retinue here. The castle disappeared in 1448.
Tours of the historic monastery. The monastery was intended to prevent the possible expansion of the Vítkov family, who owned the nearby Český Krumlov. Possibility of organizing weddings, conferences.
At one time, up to 32 horses were stabled in the stables. Today, this wonderful space is used mainly for concerts. You can also visit the stables as part of the C tour.