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the chateau, courtyard and farm buildings were given by the Ministry ofAgriculture to the town to establish a museum.SIGHTSCylindrical rotunda - the charnel house from the 13 th century is theoldest building in the city. It was adapted to its present form at the beginningof the 18 th century. The fresco on the ceiling called ”The LastJudgement” is dated 1726.The Parish Church of St. Giles was built on the remains of a churchnoted in 1240. The church was originally built without side naves; it hada wooden ceiling and a woodenbell-tower on the west side. A cemeteryenclosed with a wall alsobelonged to the church. A Viennesepainter, Ignác Dullinger,painted the altar painting ofSt. Giles in 1851.There are only few records onthe Chapel of St. Anne; there arealso different opinions on thedate of its construction, whichrange from the 13 th to the 15 thcenturies. According to legendthe body of the Czech KingPfiemysl Otakar II was kept overnightin the chapel in 1297 whenit was carried from Znojmo toPrague (Pfiemysl Otakar II died on 26 th August 1278 on the ”Moravian Field”).Terezie Polyxena, the widow of Václav Renalt of Schaumburk, builtthe Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in 1713. The chapel stood ona cemetery built between 1617 and 1620.CULTURERegular cultural events:February Meeting of choirsMarch South Moravian wine-tastingMay International brass band festivalChoir festivalJune Whitsunday feast - craft fairJuly Against the stream - rock festival, profits given tohumanitarian purposesNovember Gala concert of composersDecember 4 advent concertsPermanent expositions: Extinct and disappearing urban crafts, Extinctand disappearing rural crafts, Town history, Chateau, Meat marketThe Tower of the St. Giles’s ChurchIt was built on the north side of the church presbytery in 1714 and it is 49.9 mhigh. Two bells are preserved inside - the first dating from 1432 andweighing 300 kg, and the other from 1535 and weighing 1,700 kg. Thetower offers a view of the town and its wider surroundings from the gallery.SPORTLido - Husova 1499, tel. +420 568 421 960three pools, 50 m slide, sport fields, beach football and volleyball, sauna,mini golfWORTH SEEINGMuseum of the Vysoãina Region (the Highlands) - exhibition ofhandcraftsnámûstí Míru 1, tel. +420 568 421 100The chateau was rebuilt by Count Jindfiich Rudolf Schaumburk from thetown hall and four town houses in the second half of the 17 th century.Since 1947 it has housed the Regional Museum, which was incorporatedinto the Museum of West Moravia in Tfiebíã in 1969. Part of the exhibitionis located in rooms of a former meat market consisting of twelve shops.Tennis courts - Sokol physical education union, tel. +420 568 421 583Bike rental office - Velo Kabelka, 1. máje 123, tel. +420 568 421 809Horse riding - LaÏínky (3 km)Football fieldBiking: recommended literature:CykloprÛvodce Moravskobudûjovickem a Podyjím (16 one-day and halfdaytrips with return to Moravské Budûjovice)31