Jílové U Prahy: Hotels and Accommodation
The exhibition “Step by Step Through Gold’s History” at the Regional Museum in Jílové u Prahy traces the history of gold, from gold mining through Celtic gold panning to medieval deep mining. It includes an accessible reconstructed mining tunnel and uses augmented reality to animate mining machinery.
Culture
The gold mines of Jílové are described as the historically most significant source of gold in the Bohemian lands. They offer the first underground via ferrata in the Czech Republic. Its route passes through mining chambers dating from the reign of Charles IV. The adventure ends with a descent via ladders and stairs through historic mine workings before returning to the Václav Tunnel. At the gold mines, an underground railway also leads to the Pepř shaft.
In the surroundings of Jílové u Prahy, Štola sv. Josefa is one of the oldest mining sites in the Czech Republic accessible to the public. It has 280 m of known tunnels and passages and is a National Cultural Monument.
The visitor route through Štola sv. Antonína Paduánského runs across two levels connected by seven ladders in an original narrow shaft. The adit is located in the Studené district of Jílové u Prahy, near the Žampach Viaduct. A stone statue of Saint Anthony of Padua stands at the entrance portal.
In the surroundings of Jílové u Prahy, Štola Halíře is an exploration adit from the mid-20th century with a unique diamond-shaped profile. It is also accessible to visitors with reduced mobility; visitors can try gold panning there.
History
The historic center of Jílové u Prahy was declared an urban heritage zone by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in 1992. Kostel sv. Vojtěcha is an early Gothic church. Its complex includes a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk, a terrace wall, and an access staircase.
Kostel Božího těla is a cemetery church on a hill west of Jílové u Prahy. Near the church is a gravestone dating from 1847 belonging to Ida Václavíčková, the oldest preserved gravestone at the site.
The Žampach Railway Bridge spans a deeply incised valley on seven stone semicircular arches.
Nature
Rozhledna Pepř is a public observation platform on a telecommunications tower atop the 449 m-high Pepř hill, about 1 km south of Jílové u Prahy. The platform is 18 m above the ground and can be reached via 91 steps.
Jílové u Prahy is the starting point for several hiking and cycling trails with scenic viewpoints, including Rozhledna Pepř. An easy circular route around Jílové u Prahy follows part of the Jílovské vyhlídky educational trail.
To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Praha-Západ.
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