Fortress in Velké Svatoňovice

This fortress on a small promontory above the Markousovick stream is not very generally known. Professor August Sedláček writes about it in his legendary work "Castles, castles and fortresses of the Czech Kingdom. Part five. Podkrkonoší" from 1887 this: "SVATOŇOVICE. In Velké Svatoňovice, Valovský dvůr (NC 3) stands on the site of a former fortress, of which good and still useful cellars and monuments of former ramparts remain. It used to be a fortress…