CASTLE RUINS

The castle was probably founded by the King, although its beginning are not recorded. The first written record of Zbořený Kostelec (originally called Kostelec nad Sázavou) are form 1341 when the King Jan Lucemburský forfeits it to Oldřich of Valdek, the owner of the neighbouring Týnec.

Although the history of Zlenice Castle does not exceed two centuries, it is an  interesting and, for Czech medieval history, also a typical example of a nobleman’s life from the reign of Jan Lucemburský to the King associated with the Challice  movement, Jiří of Poděbrady.

Dubá Castle, the ruins of which still loom on a wooded rocky promontory over the left bank of the Sázava River opposite the village of Poddubí, was established in the 13^th  century by one of the members of the Benešovic noble family.