CHATEAU

The monastery was founded by Prince Ulrich and the hermit Procopius in 1023. It houses an exhibition called “Old-Slavic Sázava”. The tour includes the Baroque Refectory and the Chapter-house with murals dating back to the 14^th century. You can visit the Baroque church dedicated to St. Procopius and see the underground crypt. There are uncovered foundations of the

Holy Cross Church from the 11^th century in the northern monastery garden.

In the north-western direction from the current Komorní Hrádek there used to be the smaller castle of Hrádek Čajchanov, located on a promontory steeply falling into the Sázava valley and founded probably towards the end of the 13th century. Its scarce remnants have been preserved in a location approximately 200 metres from the castle. In about 1400 it belonged to Jan Zoule of Ostředek who, together with his cavalcade, took part in a minor skirmish  in Bohemia at the time when King Václav I. was captured by the Noblemen’s Union.  In 1404 Zoule’s cavalcade was captured by the land protection army and Hrádek was conquered and reduced to rubble. The estate, where the small chateau used to stand, was given as a gift of the  King to Vice-Chamberlain Mikuláš.

The upper Gothic style castle from the 14^th century was reconstructed into a Renaissance chateau in the 16^th century. František Maxmilián of Talmberk  built a chateau in 1675 with the participation of the architect O. de Guarde.