Thirty-nine students and four teachers from a school in the Czech Republic took a trip to visit two National Cultural Monuments in their region - a castle in Libochovice and the mountain Říp. At the castle, the students toured the dining room and saw artifacts from the owners' travels to oriental lands and items showing their love of music, games, prayer and animals. They then traveled to the top of Mount Říp, a mountain important in Czech history and legend, where they viewed the 12th century Rotunda of Saint George. The students enjoyed learning about the history of their local area.

1. Our trip to two
National Cultural Monuments
in our region
Castle in Libochovice
The mountain Říp

2. On Thursday 6th June we prepared
a trip to two nice places in our
region. They are on the list of our
National Cultural Monuments.
Thirty-nine younger students and
four teachers had a chance to see
some treasures of our region –
castle in Libochovice and the
mountain Říp.
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Let‘s go on a treasure hunt with us.

3. Castle in Libochovice

4. Here we go. Let‘s explore what inside is.

5. First – let‘s have a look into the dining room.

6. Owners of the castle loved travelling.
Here is their atlas and some things from orient.

7. They also loved music and playing games.

8. Of course they prayed and worked, too.

9. They loved animals.

10. Our visit of the castle is almost finished,
but you can see some more photos here
. And now we are leaving Libochovice
and going to the mountain Říp.

11. The mountain Říp

12. As you can see, the mountain Říp is not so high.
Its height is only 456 metres above sea level,
but it is very important for Czechs. According to
a Czech tale, it is the mountain where our
ancestor forefather Čech (Czech) came and
decided that his people will live in this region.

13. We are walking up the hill.

14. And here we are on the top. You can see
Rotunda sv. Jiří (Rotunda of Saint
George) built in 1126 behind us.

15. We enjoyed the trip to our
history and we hope so you did.
Czech team