Jablonné nad Orlicí is a small township of 3,200, dipped into a beautiful, picturesque valley in the heart of the Orlické Hory mountains where the waters of the Tichá Orlice river and the brook called Orličkovský potok merge into one stream. Oldest testimonies have disclosed that there had been a place called Gablona back in the l3th century. The place was promoted to township when more settlers came in. Emperor Francis Joseph I promoted Jablonné to city in 1906. In 1977 the historical core was added to the list of national treasures. Valued monuments of architecture, found in Jablonné's square and in the not-far-away neighbourhood, draw many visitors to see what they look like freshly restorated- no. 24, Hotel Černý medvěd (Black Bear), an l8thcentury rural-municipal one- storey log house with a wooden gallery; no. 87, the coffeehouse and sweet-shop Srdíčko (Sweetheart), a sample of municipal architecture with wooden first-floor superstructure and a high wooden gable; Immaculata (Our Lady's Post), a piece of late-baroque sculpture shooting up from the square's centrepoint, erected 1748. There are more buildings in the square that enjoy protection under the National Heritage Program. St Bartholomew's Church presides over the square. Together with the old cemetery, walls, the chapel, the mortuary and the 1725 built parish they show baroque at its height. To round off the list, let us mention the 1840 stone bridge across the Tichá Orlice with John of Pomuk and St Florian statues. And the 700 years old oak tree.

Overall view of Jablonné nad Orlicí