Zvíkovské Podhradí
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South Bohemian Region
South Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia...
of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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. It has around 190 inhabitants.
Medieval Zvíkov Castle
Zvíkov Castle
Zvíkov , often called "the king of Czech castles", is a castle located at the junction of the Vltava and Otava rivers, some 15 km north of Písek, in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, next to the village Zvíkovské Podhradí. It is placed on a hard to access and steep promontory above the...
lies next to the village and gave it its name (which means the area under Zvíkov castle).