Semín - birthplace of Josef Gočár

Semín - a village about 6 km northwest of Přelouč. The village is first documented in writing in 1339, when it was held by Heřman from Semin. The report on the fortress, which is the first and the last at the same time, is from 1497, when the village and the fortress were owned by Vilém z Pernštejn. At the end of the 16th century, a Renaissance building was built here, which served for the administration of the Semín estate, belonging to the Pardubice chamber estate. At the end of the 17th…