Vinořský park, Protected nature reserve in Vinoř, Czech Republic.
Vinořský park is a nature reserve in Vinoř with three ponds, several springs, and dense woodland areas. The site is bordered by sandstone cliffs with natural caves and niches, and the Vinořský stream flows through wet rocky ravines with old oaks, ashes, maples, and sticky alders.
The park was founded in the first half of the 18th century by the Černín noble family as a castle park next to a game preserve. In the second half of the 19th century it was reworked in a landscape style, though the Baroque layout survived, and three ponds were created. Remains of ramparts of a Slavic hillfort have been found on the site.
The name of the central pond, U Kamenného stolu ("By the Stone Table"), recalls a stone table that once stood on the site. Traces of ramparts from a Slavic hillfort have also been found in the park, showing the valley was settled long before the Černín family laid out their park.
You can reach the reserve by city bus routes 186, 259, or 375, or by train to Satalice station followed by the yellow hiking trail. Good footwear is advisable since paths cross wet and rocky areas throughout the site.
A small entrance to a water cave that was once navigable by boat survives in the park; at the end of World War II it was sealed by blasting so that no one could hide inside. The sandstone slopes also show honeycomb weathering forms.
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