Kuks Hospital, national monument, Braun´s Bethlehem
Behind the municipality Kuks there used to be a baroque spa complex Kuks Hospital, which consisted of the chateau, hospital, summer villas, gardens with fountains, park with racetrack and 40 sculptures of dwarfs, bridges over the river and other buildings. Hospital was founded by count František Antonín Sporck, and was decorated with sculptures by sculptor Matyáš Bernard Braun. In surrounding woods, which belong to the area, there are interspersed building and art objects; the most famous of the...