Alšovo Square

Locals commonly refer to this place as the Small Square. During the Middle Ages, it was likely the central square of the town. The royal reeve resided here, alongside several prominent burgher houses.

The eastern side of the square is adorned with the beautiful facade of the former schoolhouse, which features symbols of applied sciences. Today, this building houses the modern Municipal Library. Next to it once stood the renowned 'Hotel At the Golden Wheel'. Across the street, a Neo-Renaissance corner building, constructed in 1890 for the Civic Credit Union, now serves as a polyclinic.

A fountain stood in the square until 1901, but the Marian Plague Column remains as a reminder of the devastating plague of 1713. At the top of the column stands a statue of the Virgin Mary the Immaculate, while the balustrade surrounding the square is decorated with statues of nine other saints.

Every year, on the Sunday following June 8, a parade makes its way to the square to commemorate the town’s liberation from French occupation in 1742. This event is now celebrated as the Town Festival.