JIČÍN – town of fairy - tales

1. JIČÍN – townoffairy-tales Sign Flag

2. contents: • Basic information • Sightseeing • Photogallery • Culturalcentres • Jičín – Townoffairy-tales

3. Basic informations • County seat in Královéhradecký region • the town lies about 100 km north-eastward from Prague • about 16 000 inhabitatnts • the area 2493 ha • administrative, cultural, historic town • the town was established in 13. century and the biggest boom was in the era • of Albrecht from Wallenstein

4. sightseeing • Wallenstain´s square: Valdice gate • Castle in Vallenstain´s square • Crown fountain • Church of Saint Jakub • Jesuit monastery in the Square of Freedom • Church of Saint Ignác • Church of All Saints • Monument of Mistr Jan Hus • Regional museum and gallery • Municipal spa • Church of God´s Mother Painful • Jesuit hospital and pharmacy • Synagogue • Statue of Saint Wenceslas

5. Photosgallery Crownfountain Valdicegate Castle in Vallenstain´s square ChurchofSaint Jakub Jesuit monastery in the square ofFreedom ChurchofAllSaints

6. Monument of Mistr Jan Hus Regional museum andgallery Municipalspa ChurchofGod´s Motherpainful Jesuit hospitalandpharmacy Synagogue Statue ofSaintWenceslas

7. Culturalcentres • Cinema Český Ráj • Gallery Na hrázi • Regional museum and gallery • Observatory Jičín • K-club – the centre of free time • Library • Marionette theater Srdíčko • Rumcajs the shoe maker´s house

8. Townoffairy-tales • Symbols of festival: grappling > eternal symbol of all fairy-tales • hazel nut > there is always something in the cracked hazel nut • bell > reporting the start and the end of the performance • matt > for cleaning shoes before your entrance to fairy-tale • key> it opens any space

9. Jičín and rumcajs • About Rumcajs is the traditional czech fairy-tale from Radek Pilař • The fairy-tale was filmed by the book from Václav Čtvrtek • It is about Rumcajs who lived in the woods Řáholec near Jičín

10. Rumcajsshoe maker´s house