Příbram is a city of 33,000 people (2023) in Central Bohemia mostly on the right bank of the Litavka River. It is well known for its mining museum. The Svatá Hora pilgrimage site above the town is the oldest and most important Marian pilgrimage site in Bohemia.

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Příbram is about 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Prague.

The national road No. 18 (from Rožmitál pod Třemšínem to Votice) runs through the town. The D4 motorway runs east of the town and bypasses the Bytíz exclave.

Intratown transport is run by Arriva Střední Čechy. company. The bus terminal is next to the railway station, the busiest hub for town buses is, however, in the Jiráskovy sady near the Pražská street.

Příbram is on the railway lin from Prague to Písek, and on the railway line of regional importance from Beroun to Blatná.

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Map of Příbram

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• 49.6828513.9877751 Mining Museum Příbram (Hornické muzeum Příbram), náměstí Hynka Kličky 293. A large open-air museum of mining with historical buildings and expositions of mining history and mineralogy. It is in Příbram's Březové Hory quarter, a former important mining centre. (updated Mar 2024)
• 49.773814.20712 Památník Karla Čapka.  
• 49.65884214.4532533 Červený Hrádek castle.  
• 49.56814.36184 Husova kazatelna. A park.  
• 49.622514.38695 Skanzen Vysoký Chlumec.  
• 49.76454114.37646 Drtinova rozhledna.  

• 49.6414.23887 Vrškamýk Castle ruins (Vrškamýk).  
• 49.68094913.9910148 Marie mine. Only a building is left from the mine, where one of the biggest mine accidents occurre. A permanent exhibition shows how in 19th century 319 miners died.  
• 49.78340814.1949199NOT EXISTING LISTING IMAGE Dobříš.  
• 49.77581314.18036410 Dobříšský park.  
• 49.821413.99511 Smaragdové jezírko.  
• 49.67805613.90638912 Pilský Rybník (Pilská nádrž).  
• 49.5575513.95605913 Chateau Březnice (Březnice (zámek)).  
• 49.60211613.86232414 Rožmitál pod Třemšínem Castle.  
• 49.6850914.0184815 Svatá Hora at Příbram. Marian Pilgrimage site of European significance.  
• 49.68314413.98701716 Ševčinský důl. A former (more than 1100m deep) mine. Nowadays a museum of mining.  
• 49.68611113.99138917 Vojtěch mine.  

Nazi and communist history[edit]

• 49.6405414.0017218NOT EXISTING LISTING IMAGE Vojna Memorial. Community working camp near Příbram  
• 49.50833314.11861119 Lety concentration camp. Internment camp for Romani people from Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (updated Aug 2022)

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• 49.578314.54031 Prčice.  
• 49.724114.36932 Drbákov - Albertovy skály (Drbákov – Albertovy skály).  
• 49.57677214.3380543 Týnčanský kras.  
• 49.57833314.1644444 Orlík Reservoir (Vodní nádrž Orlík).  
• 49.616714.14835 Maková hora. A pilgrimage site  
• 49.68624614.0396786 Kocába river. A river used for rafing at times of higher water level.  
• 49.811413.98927 Plešivec. A prominent hill with good panoramic views  
• 49.804714.0838 Studený vrch mountain. A 661m high peak with a viewing tower at the top.  
• 49.786714.07589 Kuchyňka mountain.  
• 49.77581314.18036410 Dobříšský park.  
• 49.704713.876911 Tok. Highest point of the region, although really just part of a plateau.  
• 49.6431913.76105112 Padrťské rybníky.  

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