the czech fairytale town jicin valtice gate tower

navigate by keyword : town city architecture neighbourhood downtown road street landmark facade plaza waterway building infrastructure tourism house metropolis czech fairytale jicin founded century site today village castle shortly moved two north current location protected cidlina river written mention document king wenceslas queen guta jitka dated august assumed named gutino built regular layout rectangular square surrounded wooden fortifications reinforced bastions moat

The Czech fairytale town of Jicin 4, Valtice Gate Tower

The town of JiÃÂÃÂn was probably founded at the end of the 12th century on the site of today's village of StarÃÂ© MÃÂsto under the VeliÃÂ¡ castle. Shortly afterwards, it was moved two km further north to its current location, which was better protected by the Cidlina River. The first written mention of JiÃÂÃÂn comes from a document of the wife of the Czech King Wenceslas II, Queen Guta (Jitka), dated August 1, 1293. It is assumed that the town was named after her (ie the town of Gutino, the town of Jitka in Czech). The city was built with a regular street layout around a rectangular square and was surrounded by wooden fortifications with reinforced bastions and a moat.