We will find the remains of the Gothic Šostýn Castle on a small hill c. 1.5 km southeast of the centre of the town. The castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century and its original name was Schornstein. In the middle of the 15th century the castle was deserted and became dilapidated. At the beginning of the 19th century, when it was owned by the yeoman stock of Raška, a great part of the castle was disassembled; in 1945 the castle passed to the possession of the state. In 1935 escavation started here. The castle foundations were uncovered and thousands of findings discovered. The greatest find is the so-called Venus of Šostýn (a small ivory statuette) and a mysterious relief of a man’s and a woman’s heads. Many findings can be seen in the Museum of the Reeve’s House. Recently also the castle pond has been re-established. In the highest place of the Šostýn Castle ruins there is Žižka’s Lime Tree, which was given its name by the Club of Czechoslovak Tourists in 1933. It is about 200 - 250 years old.
