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A
small settlement around the church of St. Nicholas was founded
on granite hill called Karlov probably at the end of 11th
century. This settlement bacame the foudation of the town of
Benesov
The
first holder of the domination was the House of Benesovic.
They founded the castle Konopiste later rebuilt into the
castle which now is one of the most popular historical sights in the
Czech Republic. From 14th to 16th
century was Benesov owned by the Sternberks. In this period
grew the cultural and industrial importance of the town. A
monumental minorit monastery was founded in Benesov in 14th
century but unfortunatelly the monastery was nearly destroyed
in the Husit Wars. At the end of 16th and beginng
of 17th century the House of Hodejovky from Hodejov
realized the renaissance recontruction of Konopiste. Benesov
aws severely damaged in the Trirty Years Was and it took it
almost hundred years to recover from the wartime damage. The
piaristic grammar school and the baroque church of St Anna
were founded at the end of 18th century by
Prehorovsky from Kvasejovice and finished in 1717 by the
Counts of Vrtba. Konopiste also went through some changes.
Frantisek Ferdinand d’Este had the castle reconstructed in
the romantic style and he became the founder of a large park
(220ha). From the half of 19th century has Benesov
been the seat og a political district and has become an
important regional center for important transport routes.
These days Benesov is a dynamicly growing centre of
agriculture-industrial region with a rich basis for tourism a
recreation and with many atractive place around it and clean
enviroment.
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