Podhradí (Jičín District)

Podhradí is a market town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages of Čejkovice, Hlásná Lhota, Šlikova Ves and Vokšice are administrative parts of Podhradí.

Geography
Podhradí is located about 4 km southwest of Jičín and 43 km northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Veliš at 429 m above sea level.

History
The first written mention of Podhradí is from 1546.

Transport
The I/32 road from Jičín to Poděbrady passes through the eastern part of the municipal territory.

Sights
On the Veliš hill is a ruin of the eponymous castle. Although the castle was one of the most important in the region in the Middle Ages, little information about it has been preserved. The castle was founded at the end of the 13th century and was abandoned after 1650. It had strong late Gothic outer fortifications that were among the best in the country at the time. Parts of it have survived to this day, as well as several fragments of the core.

Loreto – the Chapel of the Virgin Mary is located on a small hill in the woods near Podhradí. It was built in the Baroque style in 1694 by the Counts of Schlick.

The Vokšice Castle was built in Vokšice at the end of the 17th century. The early Baroque building was later modified in the Empire style. The Chapel of Saint Rosalia was built next to the castle in the first half of the 19th century. Part of the castle complex is also a valuable granary, built in 1700 according to the design by Jean Baptiste Mathey.