The Cervan Recice village is set in a picturesque valley of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (Ceskomoravska vrchovina) about 10 kilometres from Pelhrimov to the northeast. The 16th century was the time of the greatest bloom. The domination had been returned in 1623 to the patrimony- of the archbishop Arnost from Pardubice. The chateau and the wide surrounded land belonged to the Prague patrimony till the year of 1948. In 1645 the town had been plundered by Swedish soldiers. Another great fire had damaged buildings from 1669. The first written reference about the city hall is from 1693. The church of St. Mari Magdalena is a point of interest as well- it used to be the residence of the Prague archbishop. The Renaissance area of the chateau, set on the south border of Cervena Recice, consists of six edifices which make, with two towers, two bastions, a wall and a turret, two courts. The chateau had been rebuilt from a Gothic castle. The castle used to be surrounded by a water moat, partly well-preserved, which had been power supplied from the neighbouring pond. On the north side there are remains of a huge circumvallation. The front building is connected with the road by a stone bridge. The wooden draw-bridge had been replaced in 1675.
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