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The town of Pelhřimov was founded in 1289 south of the original
settlement dating from the start of the 13th century. It was in the possession of the
Prague archbishops for a long time, was burned out several times and from 1596 enjoyed the
privileges of a royal town. Adam of lZíčany (d. 1552) had a Renaissance mansion built near the town walls but did not live to see it finished. The town bought the mansion from his descendants and when the town hall burned down, the town council held its meetings there. It was given a Baroque aspect after a fire in 1766 when the council hall decorated with paintings by Václav Hubati after a design by Jan Quirin Jahn was destroyed. The mansion then served as the district court of justice and finally as the district museum. Pelhřimov town was well fortified and had gateways, two of which were preserved, Rynárecká or Upper and Jihlavská or Lower Gateway. Round the square there are houses with mainly Gothic and Renaissance cores. Worth noting is the former Baroque house remodelled in cubism by Pavel Janák in 1913 to 1915. The decanal St. Bartholomew's Church was founded at the same time as the new town. After several fires it was repaired and enlarged, and in 1589 the outside decorated with graffiti. Inside there is a Baroque altar with a picture of the Assumption. The St. Vitus Church, once the oldest church building in old Pelhřimov, was recently transformed into a concert hall. Standing on the edge of the town is the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, an eight - sided object built in 1710 to 1712. Behind it there are the remains of shrines pulled down at the end of the 19th century. The Devil also rampaged in Pelhřimov, as the town chronicles report. In the Memoirs of Filip Dremsa, the town watchman, we read: "In the house of Matěj Štefl, the blacksmith, the Devil appeared and danced there, A. D. 1777". |
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