Blatna

Blatna Chateau is an important monument with elements of Baroque, Renaissance and Gothic architecture. Surrounding the castle in and English park with a Baroque pavillion and man-made lake. The chateau, at one time a real castle, was built in the 13th century.

With a population of over 175,000, Plzen is not only the main city of Western Bohemia, but the second largest city in all of Bohemia after Prague. The present city was established by King Vaclav (Wenceslas) II in 1295 as Nova Plzen (New Plzen), nine kilometers northwest of an older settlement, Stara Plzen (Old Plzen). The original city was laid out in a rectangular grid like a chessboard, with the dominant feature the St. Bartholomew (sv. Bartolomej) Cathedral.

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Rokycany is one of the oldest Czech towns. the town features remnants of fortifications from the 14th century and a Classicist town hall built in 1804. In the town's 14th-century Gothic church is a painting of the Descent from the Cross from approximately 1580.

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A town of the river Otava where gold was being panned as early as the 8-9th century. The town was raised to the status of a royal town under King Premysl Oyakar II. In 1839, Vojtech Scheinost began producing matches here. The town has preserved its architectural character from the 17th century.

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