Ptice offers two clear ways to discover the village on a short visit: the village green is home to the Chapel of Panny Marie and the memorial to those who fell in the First World War; rural farmsteads add a range of architectural forms to the village’s history. A green-marked hiking trail also runs through the Povodí Kačáku Nature Park from Lhotka u Berouna to Ptice. During your stay, you can therefore choose between focusing on local and architectural history or going for a hike.
Village Green and Local History
The Chapel of Panny Marie stands on the village green, about 100 metres east of the municipal office. The present-day chapel was built in 1990 on the site of an earlier chapel. Its predecessor had been neglected for a long time and had fallen into complete disrepair before being demolished. The building history of the village green thus spans an older, derelict chapel and the construction of the present-day chapel.
The memorial to those who fell in the First World War was unveiled on 4 June 1933 on the new village green. It commemorates the men who died in the First World War. The chapel and memorial therefore represent different historical connections: the building history of a religious structure on the one hand, and a specific remembrance of those killed in the war on the other. The date of the memorial provides a distinct point of reference in the village’s history.
Rural Farmsteads and Architectural Forms
The rural farmstead at house no. 10 in Ptice was built no later than the first half of the 19th century. It was a single-storey masonry building with a half-hipped roof; an enclosure wall with a carriage gate and a smaller pedestrian gate adjoined the building. In this farmstead, both the house’s design and the boundary enclosing the yard are part of its architectural character.
The farmstead at house no. 122 was built in the first half of the 19th century in the local vernacular style. It includes a stone granary made of rubble stone, dating approximately from around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The granary thus adds its own approximate date and a different function to the comparison of the farmsteads. The farmstead at house no. 122 has largely retained its present-day form and is divided between houses no. 122 and 255. This example allows the architectural style, outbuilding and present-day division to be considered as different aspects of the farmstead’s history.
Hiking Trail and Štola svatého Vojtěcha
The green-marked hiking trail runs from Lhotka u Berouna to Ptice through the Povodí Kačáku Nature Park. It provides a specific hiking connection between the two places. Check trail conditions before setting out and basing your plans on this route.
Štola svatého Vojtěcha is an abandoned iron-ore mine dating from the 19th century, in the cadastral area of the municipality of Ptice, in the Praha-západ District. It has been closed since 2018. From November to May, the mine serves as a winter roost for bats, predominantly greater mouse-eared bats. Its industrial history and seasonal importance as a bat roost are closely linked to its closed access. When choosing your destinations, treat the mine as a historic site, not as a place where you can visit the interior.
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For the broader travel overview: Okres Praha-Západ.
